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Does anybody know where the term "mil" meaning thousandths of an inch came from?
I still hear it used in things from printed circuit board manufacture to mechanical design.
However, I have seen people that have been schooled totally in metric say "mill" to mean millimetre!
I have to stop them and ask what they really mean...maybe the pronounce the extra "L", but I cannot hear it!!
Personally I HATE the term "mil" as I do NOT believe that it is universally understood.
Does it mean "thou", "millimetre", millionth of an inch? what?
-brino
I still hear it used in things from printed circuit board manufacture to mechanical design.
However, I have seen people that have been schooled totally in metric say "mill" to mean millimetre!
I have to stop them and ask what they really mean...maybe the pronounce the extra "L", but I cannot hear it!!
Personally I HATE the term "mil" as I do NOT believe that it is universally understood.
Does it mean "thou", "millimetre", millionth of an inch? what?
-brino