mil
/mɪl/
mil noun: 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. Also the clipping of milliliter.
Noun (1)
mil (plural mils)
- 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.
- 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.
- If made of plastic, is minimum of at least 2.25 mils (thousandths of an inch) thick.2013, “ORDINANCE NO. 2422”, in City of Davis, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2014, page 4
- Synonyms:
- thou
- A former subdivision (¹⁄₁₀₀₀) of the Maltese lira.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: MIL
MIL
- Abbreviation of Milwaukee.
Noun (2) capitalized: MIL
MIL (plural MILs)
- Initialism of mother-in-law.
- Initialism of malfunction indicator lamp.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mil
Mil
Also used as
mil is also the clipping of milliliter.
mil is also the clipping of millimeter.
mil is also the clipping of milliradian.
mil is also the clipping of million.
mil is also the clipping of military.
Synonyms of mil
Forms of mil
| plural | mils |
|---|---|
| plural | mil |
| plural | MILs |
Origin of mil
Ultimately 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”)
Clipping of million.
Clipping of military.
Words formed from mil
Phrases with mil
Words that rhyme with mil
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- chill
- drill
- Seville
- will
- skill
- still
- frill
- sill
- swill
- fulfill
- goodwill
- till
- until
- brazil
- downhill
- prill
- quadrille
- shill
- shrill
- thrill
- Chapel Hill
- jill
- McGill
- nill
- squill
- trill
- uphill
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Baskerville
- dill
- grille
- he'll
- instill
- Ithkuil
- krill
- manille
- nil
- phil
- purple pill
- refill
- remill
- rill
- thill
- twill
- vill
- vril
- 'til
- 'twill
Questions about mil
- What does mil mean?
- Mil means 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.
- What part of speech is mil?
- Mil can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mil?
- Mil is pronounced /mɪl/.
- What is the plural of mil?
- The plural of mil is mils.
Words near mil in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mil (page history and authors); MIL (page history and authors); Mil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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