Definition of Milliare

1. a unit of area [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Milliare

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

Literary usage of Milliare

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

1. Revolution in Measurement: Western European Weights and Measures Since the by Ronald Edward Zupko (1990)
"A minute of arc was called a milliare or mi lle; one-tenth of a milliare, a stadium or stade; one-tenth stadium or 1/100 ..."

2. Life and work at the Great pyramid during ... 1865 by Smyth, Charles Piazzi, 1819-1900, Charles Piazzi Smyth (1867)
"... because the Greek ' Stadium consisted of six hundred Greek Feet; ' and a Roman milliare, or Mile, of a thousand of ' the greater Roman Passus, ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1794)
"Hence the minute of a great circle on our globe is equal to a milliare, ... the milliare or minute will be equal to 1093,633 yards, and the Metre, ..."

4. Miscellaneous Works of Mr. John Greaves ...: Many of which are Now First by John Greaves, Thomas Birch (1737)
"... of fix hundred Greek Feet; and a Roman milliare, or Mile, ... eight Greek Stadia were equal to a Roman milliare. But it is probable, ..."

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