Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The third tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In solmization, the syllable used for the third tone of the scale. In the scale of C this tone is E, which is therefore sometimes called
mi in France, Italy, etc. - noun An abbreviation
- noun of mile;
- noun of mill or mills;
- noun of milliampere.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of C, i. e., to E, in European solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in the American system.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
Roman numeral representing one thousand and one (1001). - noun music A syllable used in
sol-fa (solfège ) to represent the third note of amajor scale . - abbreviation Alternative form of
mi. .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
- noun a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
- noun a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
- noun the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization
- noun a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
- noun the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas
- noun a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
- noun destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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October 3, 2009 at 7:36 pm mi fa mi re ~do~ re ~~mi so fa mi re~ fa~~~~♪
It may look - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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You'll be the prince, and I'll be the princess mi butt hurts owowowowowowowowowowowowow. .mi butt hurts!! eek!! can't run, can't walk properly and can't sit properly wifout feeling paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiin!!! eek. .-blehz-~lalala ... saw louis and his head ..
light4u Diary Entry light4u 2004
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The augmented fourths formed by the notes fa and mi, marked with x, are the _mi contra fa_, which _diabolus est_, or 'is the _divider_,' see p. 36.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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Smaddy hole mi han an help mi up. .mi hafi si dis wid mi own yeye ..
Jamaica - Full Feed Joelle "Wendy" Wright 2010
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Smaddy hole mi han an help mi up. .mi hafi si dis wid mi own yeye ..
Jamaica - Full Feed Joelle "Wendy" Wright 2010
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This Tenfc is often pronounced 'bcil' after the particle * am '; as * am bcil t i is ttf In the North Highlands, the pret.ncg. often takes the common verbal particle' do 'before it; as' cha do robh mi ', or' cha d'rohh mi%/was not.
Elements of Gaelic Grammar ... Alexander Stewart 1812
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A father of three, Villa sleeps with a rifle and a .44 caliber pistol he calls "mi negrita" -- "my little black one."
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June 02, 2009 at 3: 34 PM ppl the way sp2 recover the space is just by deleting restore points!!!. i clean that like every week and is always up to 15-30 gbs. after i install the sp2 i didnt notice any gb increase in mi HDspace it was 222gb left before and after
Installing Vista SP2 Might Free Up Hard Drive Space | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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My all time fav bahn mi is the Spicy Pork from Ba Xuyen in Sunset Park, too delicious for words.
Downtown Lunch: Banh Mi Battle Royale | Midtown Lunch: Downtown NYC 2008
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While there are some historical and racist issues with Thanksgiving, it is a tradition in mi familia.
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