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name
Abbreviation of Michigan: a state of the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
Sometimes syllable for the seventh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Initialism of middle initial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of military intelligence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Initialism of myocardial infarction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of mitral insufficiency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: cardiology, medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of mesioincisal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of mathematical induction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Initialism of mechanical index.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of medical inspection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of mutual information.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, information-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Initialism of middle infielder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Initialism of major incident.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: government, law-enforcement
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symbol
Alternative form of mi. (“mile”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: solfa syllable
noun
the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Secret Intelligence Service, Military Intelligence Section 6
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: international intelligence agency
noun
the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Security Service, Military Intelligence Section 5
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: international intelligence agency
noun
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Michigan, Wolverine State, Great Lakes State
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: American state
noun
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: linear unit, linear measure
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nautical mile, mile, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nautical linear unit
noun
a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nautical mile, naut mi, mile, geographical mile, Admiralty mile
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Broader terms: nautical linear unit
noun
destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: myocardial infarction, myocardial infarct
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: infarct, infarction
History
From Glover's solmization, from Middle English mi (“third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra (“miracles; the miraculous”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
