"angular mil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: angular mils [plural]
Etymology: Shortening of milliradian Head templates: {{en-noun}} angular mil (plural angular mils)
  1. (military) 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. Wikipedia link: angular mil Categories (topical): Military, Units of measure Synonyms: mil Translations (unit of angular measurement): piiru (alt: ¹⁄₆₀₀₀) (Finnish), millième [masculine] (French), мил (mil) (alt: mil=¹⁄₆₀₀₀) [masculine] (Russian)

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