mil
5 synonyms for mil, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A unit for measuring angles, equal to one six-thousand-four-hundredth of a full circle; at a distance of 1000 metres, one mil covers roughly one metre, though some countries instead use one six-thousandth or one six-thousand-three-hundredth of a circle.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Mil goes back ultimately to Latin millesimum. As a clipping, it comes by way of clipped words such as millilitre, millimetre and milliradian; as a metric unit, it arises through clipping of translingual milli- ("SI prefix").
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