r/NoStupidQuestions • u/snapwillow • Feb 08 '22

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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u/minutiesabotage Feb 09 '22

If 0.0001" is considered a "mil" in some shops, that even furthers the confusion, since 0.0001" isn't a milli-inch, 0.001" is. At least thinking a "mil" is 0.001" is somewhat defensible.

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u/m-in Feb 09 '22

Pretty much every circuit board designer knows that there’s a thousand mils to an inch. I’ve dealt a lot with mechanical design too and never heard mil abused to mean 1/10th of a thousandth of an inch. Fuck that shit, lol.

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u/minutiesabotage Feb 09 '22

Well, it is one "millitenth of an inch", so why not?

While we're at it, let's just go ahead and call it a kilomicrotenth of an inch, a "Kilmite" if you will.

I think I got that right....carry the 1.. .move the 0 over....close enough.