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Mil vs Mir - What's the difference?

mil | mir |

As nouns the difference between mil and mir

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 mir is a Russian village community.

As a proper noun Mir is

a Soviet, later Russian space station.

mil

English

(Angular mil)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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:
    • 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.

    See also

    * degree, deg * radian, rad * grad * second * minute * for abbreviation, see * mil-dot

    Anagrams

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    mir

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Russian village community.

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