What does "mil" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "mil"?

Common synonyms include: cc, ml, angular mil, angular mil, cm³, cubic centimeter.

Mil

//mɪl// adj, name, noun, slang

adj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

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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
Clipping of million. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
"Word has it that they were offered a cool ten mil to sell their farm to the land developers."
3
Initialism of mother-in-law. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4
an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution wordnet
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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."

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Initialism of malfunction indicator lamp. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter wordnet
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A former subdivision (¹⁄₁₀₀₀) of the Maltese lira.
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a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire) wordnet
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Clipping of milliliter. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
"We told her to give her daughter ten mils of cough syrup and to call us back if the cough gets worse."
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a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km wordnet
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Clipping of millimeter. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
"For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mils in diameter."
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a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound wordnet
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Clipping of milliradian. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
"A dot in a mil-dot reticle represents one mil, which corresponds to a few inches at 100 yards."

Adjective

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Clipping of military abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable

Proper Noun

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Abbreviation of Milwaukee. abbreviation, alt-of
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Clipping of Milwaukee: The largest city in Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal