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MI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mi" is a kind of...):
solfa syllable (one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence overseas
Synonyms:
MI; Military Intelligence Section 6; Secret Intelligence Service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("MI" is a kind of...):
international intelligence agency (an intelligence agency outside the United States)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
Synonyms:
MI; Military Intelligence Section 5; Security Service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("MI" is a kind of...):
international intelligence agency (an intelligence agency outside the United States)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
Synonyms:
Great Lakes State; MI; Mich.; Michigan; Wolverine State
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "MI"):
Upper Peninsula (the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan)
Lower Peninsula (the part of Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron)
Lake Saint Clair; Lake St. Clair (a lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie)
Grand River (a river in southern Michigan that flows northwest to empty into Lake Michigan)
Detroit River (a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world)
Traverse City (a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Michigan)
Monroe (a town of southeast Michigan on Lake Erie)
Marquette (a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan)
capital of Michigan; Lansing (capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River)
Jackson (a town in south central Michigan)
Mackinac Bridge (a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan)
Isle Royal National Park (a national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines)
Alpena (a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron)
Ann Arbor (a city in southern Michigan near Detroit; site of the University of Michigan)
Detroit; Motor City; Motown (the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor)
Flint (a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing)
Grand Rapids (a city in west central Michigan; noted for manufacturing furniture)
Houghton (a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula)
Holonyms ("MI" is a part of...):
middle west; Midwest; midwestern United States (the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America))
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
Synonyms:
international mile; land mile; mi; mile; stat mi; statute mile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("mi" is a kind of...):
linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)
Meronyms (parts of "mi"):
furlong (a unit of length equal to 220 yards)
880 yards; half mile (a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile)
440 yards; quarter mile (a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile)
Holonyms ("mi" is a part of...):
league (an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles))
Sense 6
Meaning:
A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
Synonyms:
air mile; international nautical mile; mi; mile; naut mi; nautical mile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("mi" is a kind of...):
nautical linear unit (a linear unit of distance used in navigation)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
Synonyms:
Admiralty mile; geographical mile; mi; mile; naut mi; nautical mile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("mi" is a kind of...):
nautical linear unit (a linear unit of distance used in navigation)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
Synonyms:
MI; myocardial infarct; myocardial infarction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("MI" is a kind of...):
infarct; infarction (localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply)
Holonyms ("MI" is a part of...):
heart attack (a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function)
Context examples:
The resumption of meiosis is stimulated by progesterone, which carries the oocyte through two consecutive M-phases (MI and MII) to a second arrest at MII.
(Oocyte Meiosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
If the intraluminal thrombus at the site of plaque disruption totally occludes the vessel, blood flow beyond the obstruction will cease, prolonged ischemia will occur and MI (usually Q-wave MI) will likely result.
(Acute Myocardial Infarction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The subsequent decrease in MPF levels, required to exit from MI into interkinesis, is induced by a negative feedback loop, where CDC2 brings about the activation of the APC (anaphase-promoting complex), which mediates destruction of cyclin B. Re-activation of MPF for MII requires re-accumulation of high levels of cyclin B as well as the inactivation of the APC by newly synthesized Emi2 and other components of the CSF (cytostatic factor), such as cyclin E or high levels of Mos.
(Oocyte Meiosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Myocardial infraction (MI) is the condition of irreversible necrosis of the heart muscle that results from prolonged ischemia.
(Acute Myocardial Infarction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
