EGAVE

mil

About 3.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Peñoles Mixtec.
  2. noun An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also ⁄6000 and ⁄6300 are used in other countries.
  3. noun A unit of measurement equal to ⁄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.
  4. noun A former subdivision (⁄1000) of the Maltese lira.
  5. noun 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.
  6. noun Clipping of millimeter.
    For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mils in diameter.
  7. noun Clipping of milliradian.
    A dot in a mil-dot reticle represents one mil, which corresponds to a few inches at 100 yards.
  8. noun Clipping of million.
    Word has it that they were offered a cool ten mil to sell their farm to the land developers.

Similar words

millilitre milliliter cubic centimeter cubic centimetre cc ml mile std countless reis

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std i in of and be is lion

Word family

mill mills mils

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