mil C2+ Topic:Mathematics & Measurement US /mɪl/ UK /mɪl/ See IPA manual Homophones mill /mɪl/ Minimal pairs Sounds like meal /ɪ/ vs /iː/ Meanings 1 noun a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch The wire was drawn to a diameter of just five mil. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a unit of length equal to... thou Word family Related forms milemillionmillimeter Etymology AI details From Latin mīlle 'thousand', the unit denoting one thousandth of an inch, coined in 19th-century engineering usage. mīlle Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Mathematics & Measurement External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # mil **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /mɪl/ **IPA (UK):** /mɪl/ ## Meanings 1. a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch ## Examples - The wire was drawn to a diameter of just five mil. ## Synonyms - thou ## Related Forms - mile - million - millimeter ## Roots and Affixes - Root: mīlle ## Etymology From Latin mīlle 'thousand', the unit denoting one thousandth of an inch, coined in 19th-century engineering usage. ## AI Etymology Mil comes from Latin mīlle 'thousand', the unit denoting one thousandth of an inch, coined in 19th-century engineering usage. The etymological trail includes Latin mīlle. The same word family includes mile, million, millimeter. Its current noun use means "a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch". ## Topics - Mathematics & Measurement markdown