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mi

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Pronunciation
/miː/

Definition of mi

15 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
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noun

  1. (uncountable)A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
  2. (uncountable)A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of middle initial.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of military intelligence.
    “Three months ago, after a minor argument between a small group of students and a tea shop owner, police arrived on the scene, arrested the students, and beat them up in a nearby police station. Apparently, the tea shop was owned by an MI agent.”
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of myocardial infarction.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of mitral insufficiency.
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of mesioincisal.
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of mathematical induction.
  9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of mechanical index.
  10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of medical inspection.
  11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of mutual information.
    “MI excludes words that frequently combine with many words (e.g. the), but can overemphasize low frequency collocation.”
  12. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of middle infielder.
  13. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of major incident.

symbol

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of mi. (“mile”).

name

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Michigan: a state of the United States.

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Etymology

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English mi (“third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra (“miracles; the miraculous”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

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