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mil
1[ mil ]
noun
- a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 millimeters), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- a military unit of angular measurement equal to the angle subtended by 1/6400 of a circumference.
- (less accurately) the angle subtended by an arc equal to 1/1000 (0.001) of the radius or distance.
- (used formerly in pharmaceutical prescriptions) a milliliter.
- a former bronze coin of the mandate of Palestine, the 1/1000 part of a pound.
mil
2[ mil ]
noun
- Slang. a million.
mil.
3abbreviation for
- military.
- militia.
mil
1the internet domain name for
- a US military department
mil.
2abbreviation for
- military
- militia
mil
3/ mɪl /
noun
- a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch
- an obsolete pharmaceutical unit of volume equal to one millilitre
- a unit of angular measure, used in gunnery, equal to one sixty-four-hundredth of a circumference
mil
/ mĭl /
- 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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Example Sentences
At 50 mil, the movie has to be great and totally satisfying.
But even so, would you have guessed that 2,783 employees of the Cal system make between a quarter and half a mil?
The first film in the series, Koi…Mil Gaya (2003), is essentially the story of Forrest Gump finding E.T.
“Peaches came to the Mil Acad with high ambitions,” White wrote.
Armillary, r′mil-lar-i, or r-mil′lar-i, adj. resembling an armlet or bracelet: consisting of rings or circles.
Mil faktoj atestas la meriton praktikan de la nomita lingvo.
And the place where this widow dwelleth, is the most plentifull of mil that is in all the coast, and the most pleasante.
Fait a Abbeville le douziesme jour doctobre lan mil cinq cens quatorze.
Du penultiesme jour du moys de juing mil cinq cent huictante sept.
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