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Meaning of mi

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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