mil

Pluralmils, mil

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   nouncolloquialabbreviationclipping

   Clipping of million. A short, casual way to say a million, often about money.

   The apartment downtown sold for just over a mil.

   The team is paying its new star player five mil a year.

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   nouncolloquialUSabbreviationclipping

   Clipping of milliliter. A short way to say milliliter when measuring liquids.

   Pour 250 mil of stock into the pan.

   The recipe needs 50 mils of olive oil.

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   nouncolloquialUSabbreviationclipping

   Clipping of millimeter. A short way to say millimeter when measuring length.

   Cut about two mil off the end of the pipe.

   Grab the ten mil wrench from the toolbox.

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   nouncountable

   A length equal to one thousandth of an inch, used to measure very thin things like plastic sheets.

   Roughly the thickness of a thin plastic shopping bag.

   This kitchen wrap is less than one mil thick.

   Workers covered the floor with six mil plastic sheeting.

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5. 5
   adjectiveabbreviationclipping

   Clipping of military. A short way to say military, usually before another word.

   He shops for mil surplus jackets at the army store.

   These boots are built to mil standards.

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   nouncountable

   A way to measure small angles, equal to one part in 6400 of a full circle.

   Like cutting a circle into 6400 tiny slices and measuring just one.

   The gunner adjusted his aim by two mil.

   On the scope, each small mark equals one mil.

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   nouncolloquialabbreviationclipping

   Clipping of milliradian. A short way to say milliradian when aiming or measuring small angles.

   She aimed two mil to the left to allow for the wind.

   The scope reticle is marked in mils.

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   nouncountable

   An old money unit worth one thousandth of a Maltese lira.

   The candy cost only a few mils.

   He saved one mil from the old currency.

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