"mil" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /mɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mil.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɪl Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mil (not comparable)
  1. Clipping of military. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable Alternative form of: military Categories (topical): Thousand Derived forms: mil-spec
    Sense id: en-mil-en-adj-iky1Qg5m Disambiguation of Thousand: 11 24 19 15 23 9 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 30 18 8 4 28

Noun

IPA: /mɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mil.wav [US] Forms: mils [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Head templates: {{en-noun}} mil (plural mils)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Thousand Translations (angular mil): piiru (alt: ¹⁄₆₀₀₀) (Finnish), millième [masculine] (French), Strich [masculine] (German), artillerischer Strich [masculine] (German), мил (mil) (alt: ¹⁄₆₀₀₀) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mil-en-noun-34eaec3C Disambiguation of Thousand: 11 24 19 15 23 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 36 24 8 2 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 30 18 8 4 28 Disambiguation of 'angular mil': 72 13 4 2 9
  2. A unit of measurement equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of an inch (25.4 µm), usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic. Categories (topical): Thousand
    Sense id: en-mil-en-noun-BFOqmy-B Disambiguation of Thousand: 11 24 19 15 23 9 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 30 18 8 4 28
  3. a former subdivision (¹⁄₁₀₀₀) of the Maltese lira Categories (topical): Thousand
    Sense id: en-mil-en-noun-yiw62hLS Disambiguation of Thousand: 11 24 19 15 23 9
  4. (informal, plural "mil") Abbreviation of million. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, informal Alternative form of: million Categories (topical): Thousand
    Sense id: en-mil-en-noun-w2O03tZA Disambiguation of Thousand: 11 24 19 15 23 9
  5. (informal) Clipping of milliliter; mL. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: milliliter (extra: mL)
    Sense id: en-mil-en-noun-b2TCV7pw Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 30 18 8 4 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: circular mil, per mil Related terms: degree, deg, radian, rad, grad, second, minute, for abbreviation, mil., mil-dot

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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