mils

German translation: mil

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English term or phrase:mils
German translation:mil
Entered by: Doreen Haedicke

14:50 May 14, 2017
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English term or phrase: mils
Context:

30 mil thickness (Fusing Tape).

I know 1 mil = 1 milli inch, and I know that "inch" in German is "Zoll", but which is the correct German translation for mil? Can I leave it as it is, or is there a German term for this measuring unit? Millizoll?
Bárbara Hammerle López-Francos
Spain
Local time: 19:40
mil
Explanation:
Mil [mil, thou]

mil steht als Abkürzung für:
milli-inch bzw. 1/1000 inch, entsprechend 0,0254 mm oder 25,4 µm oder 2,54 × 10−5 m

Thou (Abkürzung für thousandth of an inch) ist ein Längenmaß im angloamerikanischen Maßsystem und der englische Name für das amerikanische Längenmaß mil (von lat. millesimus).

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Local time: 19:40
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mil


Explanation:
Mil [mil, thou]

mil steht als Abkürzung für:
milli-inch bzw. 1/1000 inch, entsprechend 0,0254 mm oder 25,4 µm oder 2,54 × 10−5 m

Thou (Abkürzung für thousandth of an inch) ist ein Längenmaß im angloamerikanischen Maßsystem und der englische Name für das amerikanische Längenmaß mil (von lat. millesimus).



Example sentence(s):
  • Millimeter [mm] in Mil [mil, thou] umrechnen

    Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou
    Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil
Doreen Haedicke
Germany
Local time: 19:40
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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