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Plural of mil

regular plural

The plural of mil is mils.

Forms of mil

Singularmil /mɪl/
Pluralmils
Countablecountable

Mils in a sentence

  • 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

Meaning of mil

  1. 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.
  2. noun A unit of measurement equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of an inch (25.4 µm), usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
  3. noun A former subdivision (¹⁄₁₀₀₀) of the Maltese lira.

Full definition of mil

Questions about the plural of mil

What is the plural of mil?
The plural of mil is mils.
Is mil countable?
Mil is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mil (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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