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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.]
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mi
(miː) orme
n
(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
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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 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 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 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 linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length furlong - a unit of length equal to 220 yards 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 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 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 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 |
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