1. A unit of length equal to one thousandth (10-3) of an inch (0.0254 millimeter), used, for example, to specify the diameter of wire or the thickness of materials sold in sheets. 2. A milliliter; one cubic centimeter. 3. A unit of angular measurement used in artillery and equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution.
ETYMOLOGY:
Short for Latin mllsimus, thousandth, from mlle, thousand. See gheslo- in Appendix I.
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