379 STANDARD ELECTRICAL DICTIONARY.

Mil.

A unit of length; one-thousandth part of a lineal inch.

It is equal to

.025399 millimeter;

.000083 foot;

.001000 inch.

Mil, Circular.

A unit of area; employed in designating the cross-sectional area of

wires and other circular conductors.

It is equal to

.78540 square mil;

.000507 square millimeter;

7.8E-7 (.00000078) square inch.

If the diameter of a wire is given in mils, the square of its diameter

gives its cross-sectional area in circular mils.

Mil-foot.

A unit of resistance. (See Resistance, Mil-foot, Unit of).

Mil, Square.

A unit of area; one-millionth of a square inch.

It is equal to

.000645 square millimeter;

1.2733 circular mil;

.000001 square inch.

Milli.

A prefix; one-thousandth. Thus a milligram is one-thousandth of a gram;

a millimeter is one thousandth of a meter.

Milligram.

A unit of weight ; one-thousandth of a gram, q. v.

It is equal to

.015432 grain;

.000032 troy ounce.

Millimeter.

A unit of length; one-thousandth of a meter.

It is equal to

39.37079 mils;

.03937 inch;

.00109 yard.

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