Definitions
an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution
Word origin
Ultimately from Latin millesimum. The clippings come by way of the clipped words (e.g., millilitre, millimetre, milliradian).
Used in a sentence
“For this task, I prefer the plastic sheeting that is 10 mils thick.”
“If made of plastic, is minimum of at least 2.25 mils (thousandths of an inch) thick.”
“We told her to give her daughter ten mils of cough syrup and to call us back if the cough gets worse.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Thousandth of an inch”3 letters
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