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English noun: MI | |||
| 1. | MI (state) destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle | ||
| Synonyms | myocardial infarct, myocardial infarction | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | infarct, infarction | ||
| Part meronym | heart attack | ||
| 2. | mi (quantity) a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile | ||
| Synonyms | Admiralty mile, geographical mile, mile, naut mi, nautical mile | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nautical linear unit | ||
| 3. | mi (quantity) a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude | ||
| Synonyms | air mile, international nautical mile, knot, mile, naut mi, nautical mile | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nautical linear unit | ||
| 4. | mi (quantity) a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters | ||
| Synonyms | international mile, land mile, mile, stat mi, statute mile | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | linear measure, linear unit | ||
| Part holonym | 440 yards, 880 yards, furlong, half mile, quarter mile | ||
| Part meronym | league | ||
| 5. | MI (location) a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region | ||
| Synonyms | Great Lakes State, Michigan, Wolverine State | ||
| Instance hypernym | American state | ||
| Part holonym | Alpena, Ann Arbor, capital of Michigan, Detroit, Detroit River, Flint, Grand Rapids, Grand River, Houghton, Isle Royal National Park, Jackson, Lake Saint Clair, Lake St. Clair, Lansing, Lower Peninsula, Mackinac Bridge, Marquette, Monroe, Motor City, Motown, Traverse City, Upper Peninsula | ||
| Part meronym | America, middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA | ||
| 6. | MI (group) the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory | ||
| Synonyms | Military Intelligence Section 5, Security Service | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | international intelligence agency | ||
| Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| 7. | MI (group) the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas | ||
| Synonyms | Military Intelligence Section 6, Secret Intelligence Service | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | international intelligence agency | ||
| Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| 8. | mi (communication) the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | solfa syllable | ||
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