mil
Noun
- A unit of length, typically one thousandth of an inch.
- a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
- a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
- a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)
- a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
- an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution
- 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.
- A unit of measurement equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of an inch (25.4 µm), usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
- A former subdivision (¹⁄₁₀₀₀) of the Maltese lira.
- Clipping of milliliter
- Clipping of millimeter
- Clipping of milliradian
- Clipping of million
Adj
- Clipping of military
Examples
- A dot in a mil-dot reticle represents one mil, which corresponds to a few inches at 100 yards.
- Every mil of space on the Scrabble board was considered precious.
- For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mils in diameter.
- For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mils thick.
- We told her to give her daughter ten mils of cough syrup and to call us back if the cough gets worse.
- Word has it that they were offered a cool ten mil to sell their farm to the land developers.
Origin / Etymology
Ultimately from Latin millesimum. The clippings come by way of the clipped words (e.g., millilitre, millimetre, milliradian).
Synonyms
cc, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, mile, milliliter, millilitre, ml, Swedish mile, cm³#Translingual, mL#Translingual, ml#Translingual, mm, thou
Scrabble Score: 5
mil: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmil: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mil: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary