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Mi

abbr. Bible

Micah

MI

abbr.

1. Michigan

2. military intelligence

3. myocardial infarction

mi

(mē)

n. Music

The third tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin; see gamut.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

mi

(miː) or

me

(Music, other) music (in tonic sol-fa) the third degree of any major scale; mediant

[C16: see gamut]

MI

abbreviation for

1. (Placename) Michigan

2. (Military) Military Intelligence

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mi

(mi)

n. Music.

the syllable used for the third tone of a diatonic scale.

[1520–30; see gamut]

MI

1. Michigan.

2. myocardial infarction.

mi

mile.

mi.

1. mile.

2. mill.

M.I.

Military Intelligence.

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Noun	1.	MI - destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle myocardial infarct, myocardial infarction heart attack - a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function infarct, infarction - localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply
	2.	mi - a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile Admiralty mile, geographical mile, naut mi, nautical mile, mile nautical linear unit - a linear unit of distance used in navigation
	3.	mi - a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude air mile, international nautical mile, mile, naut mi, nautical mile, knot nautical linear unit - a linear unit of distance used in navigation
	4.	mi - a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters international mile, land mile, mile, stat mi, statute mile linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length furlong - a unit of length equal to 220 yards 880 yards, half mile - a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile 440 yards, quarter mile - a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile league - an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
	5.	MI - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region Great Lakes State, Michigan, Wolverine State Mackinac Bridge - a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) Isle Royal National Park - a national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Alpena - a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron Ann Arbor - a city in southern Michigan near Detroit; site of the University of Michigan Detroit, Motor City, Motown - the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor Flint - a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing Grand Rapids - a city in west central Michigan; noted for manufacturing furniture Houghton - a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula Jackson - a town in south central Michigan capital of Michigan, Lansing - capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River Marquette - a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan Monroe - a town of southeast Michigan on Lake Erie Traverse City - a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Michigan Detroit River - a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world Grand River - a river in southern Michigan that flows northwest to empty into Lake Michigan Lake Saint Clair, Lake St. Clair - a lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie Lower Peninsula - the part of northern Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron Upper Peninsula - the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan
	6.	MI - the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory Military Intelligence Section 5, Security Service international intelligence agency - an intelligence agency outside the United States Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	7.	MI - the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas Military Intelligence Section 6, Secret Intelligence Service international intelligence agency - an intelligence agency outside the United States Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	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

Translations

mi

[miː] N (Mus) → mi m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mi

[miː] n (MUS) → mi m inv

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