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> I have been bitten by the US use of 'mil' to mean thousandths of an inch Huh, I live in the US and I've only ever heard that called a thou but wikipedia back
by donatj 5y ago
> I have been bitten by the US use of 'mil' to mean thousandths of an inch
Huh, I live in the US and I've only ever heard that called a thou but wikipedia backs you up. I'd think a mil would be a millionth of an inch.
- AussieWog93 5y agoI've always been under the impression it's pronounced "thou" but written "mil" - like how "pound" is "lb."
- SV_BubbleTime 5y agoYou see mil in small scale CAD all the time, circuit boards and chips and footprints are close to 50% mils vs mm in my experience if not more. I use mm, but it’s often a pain when premade parts and libraries are in mils.
- Kluny 5y agoComes from mille, means thousand.
- bigyikes 5y agoMil is used in circuit board design, not sure about other fields. I find it very confusing