Mils are a unit of measurement, comparable to degrees. On a compass 360 degrees is equivalent to 6400 mils. It is a measurement commonly used in the military because it can also be used to measure distance. At a distance of 1000 meters, 1 mil is equivalent to 1 meter.
For example, if you know a vehicle is 4 meters wide and it is measured from a distance as being four mils wide you know it stands at a distance of 1000 meters.
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1 circular mil = 1 mil x 1 mil a=d2 so if a wire has a diameter of 80 mils, it has an area of 6400 circular mils.
To convert guage to mils, multiply by 0.01 (see related link). 1 gauge equals 0.01 mils
80 mils =80/1000 inch, or 2/25 inch
1583923.398777 inches. That is true if you are referring to millimetres in which case the abbreviations would be mm. Mils are an angular measurement where a circle is divided into 6400 mils in NATO military usage