ALL meanings of circular mil
cir·cu·lar mil
C c - noun circular mil a unit of area of cross section of wire, equal to the area of a circle whose diameter is one thousandth of an inch. 1 circular mil is equal to 0.785 × 10–6 square inch or 0.2 × 10–9 square metre 3
- noun circular mil a unit of measurement for the thickness of wires, equal to the area of a circle with a diameter of one mil 3
- noun circular mil a unit used principally for measuring the cross-sectional area of wires, being the area of a circle having a diameter of one mil. 1
- noun circular mil The non-SI unit for measuring the cross-sectional area of an electrical conductor: 1 CM= area of a circle having diameter of 0.001 inch; use capitals to distinguish from centimeter; 0.000 506 7 sq millimeters. 0