1. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)
   "The engineer specified a wire with a diameter of 10 mils"
    
2. An angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution
   "The gunner adjusted the elevation by several mils"
    
3. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a litre
   "The prescription called for 5 mils of the medication";
   - milliliter [US], millilitre [Brit, Cdn], ml, cubic centimeter [US], cubic centimetre [Brit, Cdn], cc [Brit]
    
4. A Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
   "The distance to Stockholm was marked as three Swedish mils";
   - mile, Swedish mile
    
5. A Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
   "The old price tag showed 500 mils"

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Derived forms: mils

Type of: angular unit, Cypriot monetary unit, linear measure, linear unit, metric capacity unit

Part of: centiliter [US], centilitre [Brit, Cdn], cl, Cypriot pound, in, inch, pound

Encyclopedia: Mil, Syria