XPost: sci.electronics.equipment   
   From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 7/12/2020 11:15 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   > On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 05:23:31 +0100, Cydrome Leader    
   wrote:   
   >   
   >> In sci.electronics.equipment Pimpom  wrote:   
      
   >>> My mechanical slide caliper has a resolution of 0.001 inch. This   
   >>> means that it can display measurements with a precision of 1 mil,   
   >>   
   >> What if your caliper had a resolution of 1 mil +/- 3 counts on the last   
   >> digit?   
   .............   
   >   
   > In America, what is a "mill"?  In the UK, it used to mean a thousandth of an   
   inch, but people use it to mean a millimetre nowadays.   
   >   
      
   It's not a mill. It's mil - single l. It means, and has always   
   meant, a thousandth of an inch. It's not an Americanism.   
      
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