noun
1.
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
2.
a military unit of angular measurement equal to the angle subtended by 1 / 6400 of a circumference.
3.
(less accurately) the angle subtended by an arc equal to 1 / 1000 of the radius or distance.
4.
(used formerly in pharmaceutical prescriptions) a milliliter.
5.
a former bronze coin of the mandate of Palestine, the 1000th part of a pound.
Origin:
1715–25; short for Latin millēsimus thousandth, equivalent to mill(e) thousand (see mile) + -ēsimus ordinal suffix
1715–25; short for Latin millēsimus thousandth, equivalent to mill(e) thousand (see mile) + -ēsimus ordinal suffix
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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World English Dictionary
mil1 (mɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch |
| 2. | an obsolete pharmaceutical unit of volume equal to one millilitre |
| 3. | a unit of angular measure, used in gunnery, equal to one sixty-four-hundredth of a circumference |
| [C18: short for Latin millēsimus thousandth] | |
| mil2 | |
| —the internet domain name for | |
| a US military department | |
| mil. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| 1. | military |
| 2. | militia |
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Word Origin & History
mil
1721, in per mil "per thousand," from L. mille "thousand" (cf. percent). As a unit of length for diameter of wire, it is attested from 1891; as a unit of angular measure it is first recorded 1907.
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Science Dictionary
mil  (mĭl) Pronunciation Key
A unit of length in the US Customary System equal to 1/1000 of an inch (0.03 millimeter), used chiefly to measure the diameter of wires. |
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Slang Dictionary
mil definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Computing Dictionary
mil definition
networkingThe top-level domain for entities affiliated with US armed forces.
(1999-01-26)
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| mil million |
MIL
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mil.
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