mi Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
    myocardial infarction; myocardial infarct.
  2. noun a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
    naut mi; geographical mile; Admiralty mile; mile; nautical mile.
  3. noun a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
    naut mi; mile; nautical mile; international nautical mile; knot; air mile.
  4. noun a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
    stat mi; statute mile; mile; land mile; international mile.
  5. noun a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
    Great Lakes State; Michigan; Wolverine State.
  6. noun the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
    Security Service; Military Intelligence Section 5.
  7. noun the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas
    Secret Intelligence Service; Military Intelligence Section 6.
  8. noun the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization

WordNet


Mi noun
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913