"mil" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /mɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mil.wav
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: Clipping of military. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|clipping of _military_}}, {{clipping|en|military}} Clipping of military Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mil (not comparable)
  1. Clipping of military. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable Alternative form of: military Derived forms: mil-spec Related terms: milblog, milblogger
    Sense id: en-mil-en-adj-en:military
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /mɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mil.wav Forms: mils [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: Ultimately from Latin millesimum. The clippings come by way of the clipped words (e.g., millilitre, millimetre, milliradian). Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|ultimately from der-en-la-millesimum}}, {{der|en|la|millesimum}} Latin millesimum 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, Units of measure 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-en:angular_mil__the_6400th_part_of_a_circle Disambiguation of Thousand: 11 20 15 8 10 10 11 16 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 10 29 19 5 10 11 12 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 55 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Angle Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 25 16 5 13 13 14 5 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 22 13 7 19 20 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 13 5 9 9 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 55 entries: 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 9 6 3 4 4 5 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 2 3 9 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 5 1 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 9 6 2 4 4 5 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 2 3 10 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 5 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 13 14 12 12 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 14 7 13 13 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 16 8 14 14 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 37 15 6 13 13 17 Disambiguation of Angle: 4 44 11 3 8 8 19 2 Disambiguation of 'angular mil': 59 11 3 7 7 13
  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. Wikidata QID: Q1165799 Synonyms: thou
    Sense id: en-mil-en-noun-en:Q1165799 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 22 13 7 19 20 19
  3. A former subdivision (¹⁄₁₀₀₀) of the Maltese lira.
    Sense id: en-mil-en-noun-en:one_thousandth_of_a_Maltese_lira__formerly
  4. (informal) Clipping of milliliter. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: milliliter Synonyms: mL#Translingual, ml#Translingual, cm³#Translingual, cc
    Sense id: en-mil-en-noun-en:milliliter Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 22 13 7 19 20 19
  5. (informal) Clipping of millimeter. Wikidata QID: Q174789 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: millimeter Synonyms: mm
    Sense id: en-mil-en-noun-en:Q174789 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 22 13 7 19 20 19
  6. (informal) Clipping of milliradian. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: milliradian
    Sense id: en-mil-en-noun-en:milliradian Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 22 13 7 19 20 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: circular mil, mil-dot, per mil Related terms: degree, deg, grad, mil., minute, radian, rad, second
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mil.wav Forms: mil [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: Clipping of million. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|clipping of _million_}}, {{clipping|en|million}} Clipping of million Head templates: {{en-noun|mil}} mil (plural mil)
  1. (informal) Clipping of million. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: million
    Sense id: en-mil-en-noun-en:million
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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