Micron vs. Mil — What's the Difference?

A unit of length equal to one millionth of a metre, used in many technological and scientific fields.

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.

A unit of length equal to one thousandth (10-3) of a millimeter or one millionth (10-6) of a meter. Also called micrometer.

A milliliter; one cubic centimeter.

(physics) The thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.

A unit of angular measurement used in artillery and equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution.

(figurative) A very tiny amount.

(Slang) A million dollars.

(linguistics) breve

An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 6000 and 6300 are used in other countries.

A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.

A unit of measurement equal to 1000 of an inch (25.4 µm), usually used for thin objects, such as sheets of plastic.

A metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter

A former subdivision (1000) of the Maltese lira

Abbreviation of million

(informal) milliliter; mL

An obsolete monetary unit of Cyprus equal in value to

A unit of length equal to

One milliliter; - used mostly in informal speech.

A unit of angular size equal to

One million dollars; as, his new house cost over a mil.

A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)

A Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound

A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter

An angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution