Ounce vs Mil - What's the difference?
ounce | mil |
(en noun) abbreviation oz.
An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
A troy ounce, weighing 1/12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/16 of a US pint, 1.804 687 cubic inches or 29.573 531 milliliters.
A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of 1/20 of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.413063 millilitres.
A little bit.
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:
As nouns the difference between ounce and mil
is that ounce is an avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 283495 grams or ounce can be the snow leopard, uncia uncia while mil is .ounce
English
(wikipedia ounce)Etymology 1
From (etyl) once, from (etyl) . Compare inch.Noun
- He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.
Synonyms
* (small amount) see also .Etymology 2
From (etyl) once, from . Interestingly, the taxon of the snow leopard is a Latinisation using the root of ounce (1).External links
* (Uncia uncia)Anagrams
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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.