What is 1200mm in Mils?

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What is 1200 Millimetres (1200mm) in Mils (mil)?

What is 1200mm in mil? Convert 1200 Millimetres (1200mm) to Mils (mil) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Millimetres to Mils

Formula
mil = mm x 39.37
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Mils, multiply the number of Millimetres by 39.4
Millimetres (mm) in 1 Mil
There are 0.03 Millimetres in 1 Mil
Mils (mil) in 1 Millimetre
There are 39.37 Mils in 1 Millimetre

Unit Information

Millimetre
/ˈmɪlɪmiːtə/
Symbol: mm
Unit System: SI

What is the Millimetre?

The millimetre (American spelling millimeter) is a unit of length and is a multiple of the SI unit metre. It uses the symbol mm.

There are 1000 mm in 1 m and 10 mm in 1 cm. From this one can derive that there are 0.03937 in.

The millimetre is sometimes verbally abbreviated to 'mil' - which can cause confusion in the US as there is a unit there that means thousandth of an inch.

Mil
/mɪl/
Symbol: mil
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Mil?

The mil is a unit of length in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol mil (or sometimes thou).

A mil in one one-thousandth of an inch (0.001 inches) or 25.4 μm.

The mil is still used in the US to measure thickness of various materials.


Conversion Tables for Millimetres (mm) to Mils (mil)