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mil

/mɪl/

Traducción: Sustantivo con varios significados técnicos, incluyendo una unidad monetaria chipriota, una unidad sueca de longitud, una unidad de longitud equivalente a la milésima parte de una pulgada, una unidad métrica de volumen equivalente a la milésima parte de un litro, y una unidad angular utilizada en artillería.

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C1formalcommontechnical/mɪl/

A noun with multiple technical meanings, including a Cypriot monetary unit, a Swedish unit of length, a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch, a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter, and an angular unit used in artillery.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo con varios significados técnicos, incluyendo una unidad monetaria chipriota, una unidad sueca de longitud, una unidad de longitud equivalente a la milésima parte de una pulgada, una unidad métrica de volumen equivalente a la milésima parte de un litro, y una unidad angular utilizada en artillería.
  1. Cypriot monetary unit C1 formal

    A former monetary unit of Cyprus, equal to one thousandth of a Cypriot pound.

    • The price was listed as 500 mils.
    • He paid with a few mil coins.
    • The old currency included mils as a subunit.

    🇪🇸MIL chipriota

  2. Swedish unit of length C1 formal

    A unit of length used in Sweden, equivalent to 10 kilometers.

    • The distance between the two towns is 5 mil.
    • In Sweden, road signs often use mil.
    • He ran a mil during the race.

    🇪🇸milla sueca

  3. Thousandth of an inch C1 formal technical

    A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch, used to specify thickness of materials like sheets or wire.

    • The wire has a diameter of 10 mils.
    • The plastic sheet is 5 mils thick.
    • Engineers measure coating thickness in mils.

    🇪🇸Milésima de pulgada

    Sinónimos: thou

  4. Metric unit of volume C1 formal scientific

    A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter, also known as a milliliter.

    • The recipe requires 250 mils of water.
    • The medicine dosage is 5 mils.
    • He poured 100 mils of juice into the glass.

    🇪🇸Mililitro

    Sinónimos: cubic centimetermilliliter

  5. Angular unit in artillery C2 formal technical

    An angular unit used in artillery, equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution.

    • The gun was adjusted by 200 mils.
    • Artillery operators use mils for precise targeting.
    • The target was offset by 50 mils to the left.

    🇪🇸Milesimal artillero