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/mɪl/ · noun
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..
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.
We told her to give her daughter ten mils of cough syrup and to call us back if the cough gets worse.
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
A dot in a mil-dot reticle represents one mil, which corresponds to a few inches at 100 yards.
Word has it that they were offered a cool ten mil to sell their farm to the land developers.
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.
Use mil. when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mil. means 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..
Common synonyms include thou, mL, ml, cm³.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mils thick.
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