GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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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]
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mil n. [by contraction from million.] One million dollars; as, “his new house cost over a mil”. [slang]
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