mil
An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀ of a complete circleAn 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.
Meaning
3 sensesAn 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.
Strich, artillerischer Strich
милmil
an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution
A unit of measurement equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of an inch (25.4 µm), usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mils thick.
a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)
A former subdivision (¹⁄₁₀₀₀) of the Maltese lira.
Translations
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Origin
Ultimately from Latin millesimum. The clippings come by way of the clipped words (e.g., miUltimately from Latin millesimum. The clippings come by way of the clipped words (e.g., millilitre, millimetre, milliradian). The metric units come about via clipping of translingual milli- (“SI prefix”)
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Forms
plural: milsSynonyms
9 synonyms- a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km:mileSwedish mile
- a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter:millilitermillilitremlcubic centimetercubic centimetrecc