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    mil n.
    1. an obsolete monetary unit of Cyprus equal in value to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a pound.

    [WordNet 1.5]


    2. a unit of length equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ inch, used especially in measuring the thickness of sheets of materials.

    [WordNet 1.5]


    3. one milliliter; -- used mostly in informal speech. [laboratory slang]

    Syn. -- milliliter, millilitre, ml, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc.

    [WordNet 1.5]


    4. a unit of angular size equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀₀ of 360 degrees; -- it is used especially in artillery ranging.

    Syn. -- mil.

    [WordNet 1.5]

  2.       
    mil n. [by contraction from million.] One million dollars; as, “his new house cost over a mil”. [slang]

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