MI

n 1: destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of

the blood supply to the heart muscle [syn: {myocardial

infarction}, {myocardial infarct}, {MI}]

2: a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters

(6,082 feet) [syn: {nautical mile}, {naut mi}, {mile}, {geographical

mile}, {Admiralty mile}]

3: a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the

distance spanned by one second of arc in latitude; 1,852

meters [syn: {nautical mile}, {mile}, {naut mi}, {knot}, {international

nautical mile}, {air mile}]

4: a unit of length equal to 1760 yards [syn: {mile}, {statute

mile}, {stat mi}, {land mile}]

5: the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major

scale in solmization