military pace

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   the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)

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Questions about military pace

What does military pace mean?

military pace means "the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)".

Is military pace a common word?

military pace is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.