mil

¹

[ mil ]

noun

1. a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 millimeters), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
2. a military unit of angular measurement equal to the angle subtended by 1/6400 of a circumference.
3. (less accurately) the angle subtended by an arc equal to 1/1000 (0.001) of the radius or distance.
4. (used formerly in pharmaceutical prescriptions) a milliliter.
5. a former bronze coin of the mandate of Palestine, the 1/1000 part of a pound.

mil

²

[ mil ]

noun

1. Slang. a million.

mil.

³

abbreviation for

1. military.
2. militia.

mil

¹

the internet domain name for

1. a US military department

mil

²

/ mɪl /

noun

1. a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch
2. an obsolete pharmaceutical unit of volume equal to one millilitre
3. a unit of angular measure, used in gunnery, equal to one sixty-four-hundredth of a circumference

mil.

³

abbreviation for

1. military
2. militia

mil

/ mĭl /

1. A unit of length in the US Customary System equal to 1 1000 of an inch (0.03 millimeter), used chiefly to measure the diameter of wires.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mil¹

First recorded in 1715–25; short for Latin millēsimus “thousandth,” equivalent to mill(e) “thousand” ( mile ) + -ēsimus ordinal suffix

Origin of mil²

By shortening

Word History and Origins

Origin of mil¹

C18: short for Latin millēsimus thousandth

Example Sentences

At 50 mil, the movie has to be great and totally satisfying.

From The Daily Beast

But even so, would you have guessed that 2,783 employees of the Cal system make between a quarter and half a mil?

From The Daily Beast

The first film in the series, Koi…Mil Gaya (2003), is essentially the story of Forrest Gump finding E.T.

From The Daily Beast

“Peaches came to the Mil Acad with high ambitions,” White wrote.

From The Daily Beast

Armillary, r′mil-lar-i, or r-mil′lar-i, adj. resembling an armlet or bracelet: consisting of rings or circles.

From Project Gutenberg

Mil faktoj atestas la meriton praktikan de la nomita lingvo.

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And the place where this widow dwelleth, is the most plentifull of mil that is in all the coast, and the most pleasante.

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Fait a Abbeville le douziesme jour doctobre lan mil cinq cens quatorze.

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Du penultiesme jour du moys de juing mil cinq cent huictante sept.

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