Meaning of Mil | Babel Free

Definitions

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.
2. Clipping of million.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
3. Clipping of Milwaukee: The largest city in Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
4. Abbreviation of Milwaukee.
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5. Initialism of mother-in-law.
   Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. A unit of measurement equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of an inch (25.4 µm), usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
7. Initialism of malfunction indicator lamp.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
8. A former subdivision (¹⁄₁₀₀₀) of the Maltese lira.
9. Clipping of milliliter.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
10. Clipping of millimeter.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
11. Clipping of milliradian.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mils thick.”

“If made of plastic, is minimum of at least 2.25 mils (thousandths of an inch) thick.”

“We told her to give her daughter ten mils of cough syrup and to call us back if the cough gets worse.”

“For this task, I prefer the plastic bars that are 10 mils in diameter.”

“Party like it's 2024, hear a knocking at my door / It's the police let them in, bust a 9 mil through their skin”

“A dot in a mil-dot reticle represents one mil, which corresponds to a few inches at 100 yards.”

“Word has it that they were offered a cool ten mil to sell their farm to the land developers.”

“The cheapest shack in this part of the woods would probably set the buyer back at least a couple of mil.”

“You can get things done without money, but you can do a hell of a lot more with it, and $10 mil is a good starting point.”

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