Definition of Milliaries

1. Noun. (plural of milliary) ¹

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Definition of Milliaries

1. milliary [n] - See also: milliary

Lexicographical Neighbors of Milliaries

milli-watt
milliKelvin
milliammeter
milliammeters
milliamp
milliampere
milliamperes
milliamps
milliarcsec
milliarcsecond
milliarcseconds
milliard
milliards
milliare
milliares
milliaries (current term)
milliary
millibar
millibarn
millibarns
millibars
millicandela
millicandelas
millicurie
millicuries
millidarcy
millidegree
millidegrees
millielectronvolt
millielectronvolts

Literary usage of Milliaries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1885)
"... the other at Amsoldingen about three miles west of the lake of Thun.1 They cannot be called milliaries, because the distance is marked not in thousands ..."

2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1878)
"A. a little broader than I. Tubercles of A. slightly smaller than I. both surrounded by an irregular ring of secondaries and milliaries. ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1850)
"... others from the edition of Berlin, 1848, with the various readings of many MSS. To these is added an account of the several Roman milliaries relating to ..."

4. Roman Roads in Britain by Thomas Codrington (1919)
"There is then no trace for six and a half miles, but fragments of two Roman milliaries were found in 1812 when Moston Pool, two miles north of Moretón ..."

5. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"It would be bootless for me to look back nt the ancient heresy of the milliaries, as Austin calls them, to show how that gross error, which was first ..."

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