mil

[ mil ]

/ mɪl /

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noun

a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 millimeters), 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 mil

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

Other definitions for mil (2 of 3)

mil²

[ mil ]

/ mɪl /

noun

Slang. a million.

Origin of mil

By shortening

Other definitions for mil (3 of 3)

mil.

abbreviation

military.

militia.

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How to use mil in a sentence

At 50 mil, the movie has to be great and totally satisfying.
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But even so, would you have guessed that 2,783 employees of the Cal system make between a quarter and half a mil?
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The first film in the series, Koi…Mil Gaya (2003), is essentially the story of Forrest Gump finding E.T.
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“Peaches came to the Mil Acad with high ambitions,” White wrote.
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Armillary, r′mil-lar-i, or r-mil′lar-i, adj. resembling an armlet or bracelet: consisting of rings or circles.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
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.
The Lily and the Totem|William Gilmore Simms
Fait a Abbeville le douziesme jour doctobre lan mil cinq cens quatorze.
Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Croom Brown
Du penultiesme jour du moys de juing mil cinq cent huictante sept.
The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals|Edmund P. Evans

British Dictionary definitions for mil (1 of 3)

mil¹

/ (mɪl) /

noun

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

Word Origin for mil

C18: short for Latin millēsimus thousandth

British Dictionary definitions for mil (2 of 3)

mil²

the internet domain name for

a US military department

British Dictionary definitions for mil (3 of 3)

mil.

abbreviation for

military

militia

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Scientific definitions for mil

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.