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 , 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 , 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 ]

  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

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