mi

Noun
Synonyms: myocardial infarctionmyocardial infarctMInautical milenaut mimilegeographical mileAdmiralty mileknotinternational nautical mileair milestatute mile

WordNet 3.0

Noun (8)

  1. destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscleSynonyms: myocardial infarctionmyocardial infarctMI
  2. a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mileSynonyms: nautical milenaut mimilegeographical mileAdmiralty mile
  3. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitudeSynonyms: nautical milemilenaut miknotinternational nautical mileair mile
  4. a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 metersSynonyms: milestatute milestat miland mileinternational mile
  5. a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes regionSynonyms: MichiganWolverine StateGreat Lakes StateMI
  6. the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territorySynonyms: Security ServiceMIMilitary Intelligence Section 5
  7. the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseasSynonyms: Secret Intelligence ServiceMIMilitary Intelligence Section 6
  8. the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Mi \Mi\, n. [It.] (Mus.) 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]
Centesimo \Cen*tes"i*mo\ (s[e^]n"t[e^]s"[i^]*m[-o]), n.; pl. -mi (s[e^]n"t[e^]s"[i^]*m[=e]). [It. & Sp.] A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime. [1913 Webster]
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