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mil

nomnomadjectifattesté dans les dialogues

  • //mɪl//

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.

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    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. 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.

  3. 3

    A former subdivision (¹⁄₁₀₀₀) of the Maltese lira.

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    Variante de milliliterfamilierClipping of milliliter.

    We told her to give her daughter ten mils of cough syrup and to call us back if the cough gets worse.

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    Variante de millimeterfamilierClipping of millimeter.

    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 skin

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    Variante de milliradianfamilierClipping of milliradian.

    A dot in a mil-dot reticle represents one mil, which corresponds to a few inches at 100 yards.

Étymologie

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”)

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    Variante de millionfamilierClipping of million.

    Word has it that they were offered a cool ten mil to sell their farm to the land developers.

    The cheapest shack in this part of the woods would probably set the buyer back at least a couple of mil.

    You can get things done without money, but you can do a hell of a lot more with it, and $10 mil is a good starting point.

Étymologie

Clipping of million.

adjectif

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    Variante de militaryClipping of military

Étymologie

Clipping of military.

Formes

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