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mil

noun
/mɪl/

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin millesimum. The clippings come by way of the clipped words (e.g., millilitre, millimetre, milliradian).

  1. derived from millesimum

Definitions

  1. An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀ of a complete circle. At…

    An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀ of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also ¹⁄₆₀₀₀ and ¹⁄₆₃₀₀ are used in other countries.

  2. A unit of measurement equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of an inch (25.4 µm), usually used for thin…

    A unit of measurement equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of an inch (25.4 µm), usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.

    • For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mils thick.
    • If made of plastic, is minimum of at least 2.25 mils (thousandths of an inch) thick.

  3. A former subdivision (¹⁄₁₀₀₀) of the Maltese lira.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Clipping of milliliter.

      • We told her to give her daughter ten mils of cough syrup and to call us back if the cough gets worse.

    2. Clipping of millimeter.

      • For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mils in diameter.
      • Party like it's 2024, hear a knocking at my door / It's the police let them in, bust a 9 mil through their skin

    3. Clipping of milliradian.

      • A dot in a mil-dot reticle represents one mil, which corresponds to a few inches at 100 yards.

    4. Clipping of million.

      • Word has it that they were offered a cool ten mil to sell their farm to the land developers.
      • The cheapest shack in this part of the woods would probably set the buyer back at least a couple of mil.
      • You can get things done without money, but you can do a hell of a lot more with it, and $10 mil is a good starting point.

    5. Clipping of military

    6. Abbreviation of Milwaukee.

    7. Initialism of mother-in-law.

    8. Initialism of malfunction indicator lamp.

    9. Clipping of Milwaukee

      Clipping of Milwaukee: The largest city in Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County.

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Derived

circular mil, mil-dot, per mil

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mil. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA