Mil vs Mel - What's the difference?
mil | mel |
An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1?6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1?6000 and 1?6300 are used in other countries.
A unit of measurement equal to 1?1000 of an inch, usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.
a former subdivision (1/1000) of the
(informal)
* 2010 September, Galen Gondolfi, "Idea Fun(d)", , ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 79:
Mel is a descendant of mil.
As nouns the difference between mil and mel
is that mil is an angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries while mel is honey.As a proper noun Mel is
short form of female given names such as Melanie, Melinda, Melissa, and Melody.mil
English
(Angular mil)Noun
(en noun)- You can get things done without money, but you can do a hell of a lot more with it, and $10 mil is a good starting point.
