noun
mil
A small unit of angle used in artillery and surveying.
The surveyor measures the small angle in mils.
Etymology
Mil is associated with milliradian. Military angle systems use differing subdivisions, so a military mil is not always exactly one milliradian.
More examples
- The sight moved by one mil.
- The instrument's scale was marked in mils.
- They checked which definition of mil the manual used.
Forms
mil · mils