Noun(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
Noun(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
(1) she's plated in the bows with steel eighteen mil thick(2) Sony was responsible for the increase in star salaries when they coughed up $20 mil for Jim Carrey to play The Cable Guy.(3) She gets the quarter of a mil if she goes quietly into that gentle night.(4) Jeter signed a 10-year contract worth $18.9 million annually, so that $18.9 mil figure would be included in the MLBPA's calculations.(5) The Big Brother housemates have almost squandered a quarter of a mil through sheer stupidity.(6) Use barriers made of flexible polyethylene 30 to 40 millimeters thick (60 mil for very aggressive types) and 22 to 28 inches deep.(7) the insurance company coughed up five mil(8) The quarter mil is thought to be the largest ever fine by a team against one of its players, though we bet it will be drastically reduced sometime soon.(9) To varying degrees the Marlins, Dodgers, Mets, and Orioles chased him, but it was the Angels who came away with the prize, signing Guerrero for five years and $70 million, an average of $14 mil per year.(10) He already has cashed a $6.5 mil bonus check, and he is scheduled to make $24.5 mil over the next five years (which will seem like 10 to a Lions fan).(11) the insurance company coughed up five mil(12) Research has indicated that the optimum thickness for the total paint coat (primer and two top coats) is 4-5 mils or about the thickness of a sheet of newspaper.(13) The drops have to be small enough to hang in the air instead of immediately falling to the slab surface, which puts them in the range of about 5 mils or smaller.(14) PCI design guides recommend routing signal lines along a similar path with trace lengths matching to within 25 mils .(15) With a typical pop/rock record, the groove will be 2.5 mils (thousands of an inch) wide, and will move from side to side a total of 2.5 mils .(16) Both are sold in grades by thickness, measured in mils (one-thousandth of an inch).
