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'''Mill''' may refer to the following:
*[[Mill (grinding)]], equipment for the grinding or pulverizing of raw materials using [[millstone]]s
**[[windmill]], wind powered
**[[watermill]], water powered
**[[horse mill]], animal powered
**[[treadwheel]], human powered (archaic: "treadmill")
*[[Mill (factory)]], a place of business for making articles of manufacture. The term mill was once in common use for a factory because many factories in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution were powered by a watermill, but nowadays it is only used in a few specific contexts; e.g.
**a [[cotton mill]] is a factory for processing cotton
**a [[paper mill]] produces paper
**a [[sawmill]] cuts timber
**a [[gristmill]] grinds grain into flour
**a [[steel mill]] manufactures steel
**a [[sugar mill]] (also called a sugar refinery) processes sugar beets or sugar cane into various finished products
**a [[huller]] (also called a rice mill, or rice husker) is used to hull rice
*[[Milling machine]], metalworking machine that operates by rotating a cutting bit while the workpiece is moved against the cutter on an XY table.
*[[Stamp mill]], a specialized machine for reducing ore to powder for further processing or for fracturing other materials
*[[Mill (currency)]], a [[Denomination (currency)|denomination]] used by some currencies, equivalent of a tenth of a cent/penny, or a thousandth of currency unit. In some currencies, like the [[Cypriot pound]] (introduced in 1955 and lasting until 1983), the use of [[Mill (currency)|mills]] has long ago been abolished and have been replaced entirely by [[Cent (currency)|cents]].
*The standard author abbreviation ''Mill.'' may be used to indicate botanist [[Philip Miller]]'s work when citing a botanical name
*[[Diploma mill]] or [[degree mill]] an organization which awards academic degrees and diplomas with very little or no academic study and without recognition by official accrediting bodies
*[[Nine Men's Morris]], a traditional board game; the term "mill" may also mean "three (playing pieces) in a row" within the game
*[[Arithmetic logic unit|Arithmetical unit]], used in the context of Charles Babbage's [[Analytical engine]], a 19th century concept of a computer
*[[Windmill (breakdance move)]] or mill, a power move in breakdancing
*[[The Mill (post-production)]], a visual effects company
*[[Mill (insult)]], an abbreviation for "mentally ill" which is now sometimes used in the derogatory sense
'''People''' named Mill:
*[[Andy Mill]], skier
*[[Frank Mill]], German football player (World Cup winner, Summer Olympics bronze medalist)
*[[Harriet Taylor Mill]], philosopher
*[[James Mill]], a Scottish historian, economist and philosopher
*[[John Stuart Mill]], an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century
Mill in '''geography''':
*[[Mill, Netherlands]], a Dutch village
*[[Mill en Sint Hubert]], a Dutch municipality
'''MILL''' may refer to:
*[[Major Indoor Lacrosse League]], the American indoor lacrosse league, rebranded in 1997 as the National Lacrosse League
==See also==
* [[mil]]
* for [[oil mill]], see [[expeller]], [[extruder]]
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