mil1
[mil]
- a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- a military unit of angular measurement equal to the angle subtended by 1/6400 of a circumference.
- (less accurately) the angle subtended by an arc equal to 1/1000 (0.001) of the radius or distance.
- (used formerly in pharmaceutical prescriptions) a milliliter.
- a former bronze coin of the mandate of Palestine, the 1/1000 part of a pound.
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Origin of mil1
1715–25; short for Latin millēsimus thousandth, equivalent to mill(e) thousand (see mile) + -ēsimus ordinal suffix
mil2
[mil]
- Slang. a million.
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Origin of mil2
by shortening
mil.
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Examples from the Web for mil
Contemporary Examples
At 50 mil, the movie has to be great and totally satisfying.
Shocking New Reveals From Sony Hack: J. Law, Pitt, Clooney, and Star WarsWilliam Boot
December 12, 2014
But even so, would you have guessed that 2,783 employees of the Cal system make between a quarter and half a mil?
The first film in the series, Koi…Mil Gaya (2003), is essentially the story of Forrest Gump finding E.T.
“Peaches came to the Mil Acad with high ambitions,” White wrote.
Historical Examples
The hon. gentlemen said there would be only a mil between them.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)Augustus de Morgan
“Mil gracias, Señor, for your condescension,” answered the man.
The Cruise of the ThetisHarry Collingwood
No child forgets the “mil gracias” with which a benefit is accepted.
Things seen in SpainC. Gasquoine Hartley
He is also among the knights holding of the church of Bayeux '1 mil.'
The Chronicle of the Norman ConquestMaster Wace
In 1912, five machines were built, of which two were of the mil.
mil1
- a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch
- an obsolete pharmaceutical unit of volume equal to one millilitre
- a unit of angular measure, used in gunnery, equal to one sixty-four-hundredth of a circumference
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Word Origin
C18: short for Latin millēsimus thousandth
mil2
- a US military department
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mil.
- military
- militia
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Word Origin and History for mil
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mil
[mĭl]
- A unit of length in the US Customary System equal to 11000 of an inch (0.03 millimeter), used chiefly to measure the diameter of wires.
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