mil

mil

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

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mil

[mil]

(mathematics)

A unit of angular measure which, due to nonuniformity of usage, may have any one of three values: 0.001 radian or approximately 0.0572958°; 1/6400 of a full revolution or 0.05625°; 1/1000 of a right angle or 0.09°.

(mechanics)

A unit of length, equal to 0.001 inch, or to 2.54 × 10^-5 meter. Also known as milli-inch; thou.

milliliter

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

mil, MIL

1. A unit of measure equal to a thousandth of an inch (0.0254 mm).

2. On drawings, abbr. for “military.”

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mil

(networking)

The top-level domain for entities affiliated with US armed forces.

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mil

An Internet address domain name for a military agency. See Internet address.

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