Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mi
8 senses of mi
Sense 1
myocardial infarction, myocardial infarct, MI -- (destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle)
=> infarct, infarction -- (localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply)
Sense 2
nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical mile, Admiralty mile -- (a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile)
=> nautical linear unit -- (a linear unit of distance used in navigation)
Sense 3
nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile -- (a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude)
=> nautical linear unit -- (a linear unit of distance used in navigation)
Sense 4
mile, statute mile, stat mi, land mile, international mile, mi -- (a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters)
=> linear unit, linear measure -- (a unit of measurement of length)
Sense 5
Michigan, Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, MI -- (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)
INSTANCE OF=> American state -- (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Sense 6
Security Service, MI, Military Intelligence Section 5 -- (the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory)
=> international intelligence agency -- (an intelligence agency outside the United States)
Sense 7
Secret Intelligence Service, MI, Military Intelligence Section 6 -- (the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas)
=> international intelligence agency -- (an intelligence agency outside the United States)
Sense 8
mi -- (the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization)
=> solfa syllable -- (one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization)