mil
noun/mɪl/
Etymology Ultimately from Latin millesimum. The clippings come by way of the clipped words (e.g., millilitre, millimetre, milliradian).
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
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:
3
A former subdivision (¹⁄₁₀₀₀) of the Maltese lira.
- 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 skin2025, Gupi, “kutna hora”, performed by Food House:
- A dot in a mil-dot reticle represents one mil, which corresponds to a few inches at 100 yards.
- Derived terms
- circular mil, mil-dot, per mil