MIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mil mean? 

• MIL (noun)
  The noun MIL has 5 senses:

1. a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound

2. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

3. a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)

4. a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter

5. an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution

  Familiarity information: MIL used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("mil" is a kind of...):

Cypriot monetary unit (monetary unit in Cyprus)

Holonyms ("mil" is a part of...):

Cypriot pound; pound (the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

mil; mile; Swedish mile

Hypernyms ("mil" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("mil" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

Holonyms ("mil" is a part of...):

in; inch (a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

cc; cubic centimeter; cubic centimetre; mil; milliliter; millilitre; ml

Hypernyms ("mil" is a kind of...):

metric capacity unit (a capacity unit defined in metric terms)

Meronyms (parts of "mil"):

cubic millimeter; cubic millimetre (a metric measure of volume or capacity equal to a cube 1 millimeter on each edge)

Holonyms ("mil" is a part of...):

centiliter; centilitre; cl (a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("mil" is a kind of...):

angular unit (a unit of measurement for angles)

 Context examples 

A unit of cross-sectional measurement of a round area equal to the area of a circle with a diameter of one mil, approximately 0.785 398 square mils, or 506.707 square micrometers.

(Circular Mil, NCI Thesaurus)

B-raf belongs to the raf/mil family of serine/threonine protein kinases and plays a role in regulating the MAP kinase/ERKs signaling pathway, which may be constitutively activated due to BRAF gene mutations.

(BRAF Inhibitor ARQ 736, NCI Thesaurus)