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mi
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mi has 8 senses
- mi(n = noun.state) myocardial infarct, myocardial infarction - destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle; Array is a part of heart attack
- mi(n = noun.quantity) admiralty mile, geographical mile, mile, naut mi, nautical mile - a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile; Array is a kind of nautical linear unit
- mi(n = noun.quantity) air mile, international nautical mile, knot, mile, naut mi, nautical mile - a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; Array is a kind of nautical linear unit
- mi(n = noun.quantity) international mile, land mile, mile, stat mi, statute mile - a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters; Array is a kind of linear measure, linear unit
- mi(n = noun.location) great lakes state, michigan, wolverine state - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region; Array has parts: mackinac bridge, isle royal national park, alpena, ann arbor, detroit, motor city, motown, flint, grand rapids, houghton, jackson, capital of michigan, lansing, marquette, monroe, traverse city, detroit river, grand river, lake saint clair, lake st. clair, lower peninsula, upper peninsula
- mi(n = noun.group) military intelligence section 5, security service - the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory; Array is a kind of international intelligence agency
- mi(n = noun.group) military intelligence section 6, secret intelligence service - the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas; Array is a kind of international intelligence agency
- mi(n = noun.communication) Array - the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization; Array is a kind of solfa syllable
is a kind of infarct, infarction
has parts: furlong, 880 yards, half mile, 440 yards, quarter mile
is a part of league
is a part of middle west, midwest, midwestern united states, america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa
is a kind of american state
CIDE DICTIONARY
mi, n. [It.].
A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e. , to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in the American system. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mi, abbr.
1 US Michigan (in official postal use).
2 Brit. hist. Military Intelligence.
1 US Michigan (in official postal use).
2 Brit. hist. Military Intelligence.
mi, var. of ME(2).
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