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Mild-slope equation
The mild-slope equation, derived by J. C. W. Berkhoff in 1972, is an elliptic partial differential equation describing water waves over slowly varying seabeds, widely used in coastal engineering.
Mildenhall Treasure
The Mildenhall Treasure is a hoard of 34 pieces of late Roman silver tableware found in Suffolk, England, in 1942 and now held by the British Museum.
Mildew
Mildew is the common name for two unrelated plant diseases, powdery mildew, a true fungus favoring warm dry weather, and downy mildew, a water mold favoring cool wet conditions.
Mildmay line
The Mildmay line is the blue London Overground service running from Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford, named in 2024 in honor of Mildmay Hospital.
Mildred and Richard Loving
Mildred and Richard Loving, a Black and Native American woman and a white man, married in Washington, D.C. in 1958, were exiled from Virginia, and won Loving v. Virginia (1967), which struck down U.S. bans on interracial marriage.
Mildred Burke
Mildred Burke (Mildred Bliss, 1915-1989), American professional wrestler, Women's World Champion 1937-1956, pioneer of women's wrestling in the US and Japan, 2016 WWE Hall of Fame Legacy inductee.
Mildred Cohn
Mildred Cohn (1913–2009) was an American biochemist who pioneered stable isotope tracers and NMR spectroscopy to study enzyme catalysis, winning the National Medal of Science in 1982.
Mildred Gillars
Mildred Gillars, born Mildred Elizabeth Sisk (1900–1988), known as Axis Sally, was an American broadcaster of Nazi propaganda from Berlin in WWII, convicted of treason in 1949 and imprisoned until 1961.
Mildred Harris
Mildred Harris (1901–1944), American film actress and Charlie Chaplin's first wife; child star of the 1914 Oz films, silent leading lady, later bit player, Walk of Fame honoree.
Mildred Natwick
Mildred Natwick was an American character actress born in Baltimore in 1905, reaching Broadway in 1932 and earning an Oscar nomination for the 1967 film Barefoot in the Park.
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce is James M. Cain's 1941 Knopf novel about a divorced Depression-era Los Angeles waitress who builds a restaurant empire for her ungrateful daughter Veda; adapted into the 1945 Joan Crawford Oscar-winning film and Todd Haynes's 2011 HBO miniseries with Kate Winslet.
Mildred Pierce (film)
Mildred Pierce (1945), Michael Curtiz film noir melodrama starring Joan Crawford, adapted from James M. Cain's 1941 novel; Crawford won her only Oscar, the film got six nominations, and Todd Haynes remade it as a 2011 HBO miniseries.
Mildred Pierce (miniseries)
Mildred Pierce (2011) is a five-episode HBO miniseries directed by Todd Haynes, starring Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, and Evan Rachel Wood. It adapts James M. Cain's 1941 novel, not the 1945 Joan Crawford film, and won 5 of 21 Emmys.
Mildred S. Dresselhaus
Mildred S. Dresselhaus, known as the "queen of carbon science", was an American MIT physicist whose research on graphite, carbon nanotubes, and graphene reshaped carbon science.
Mildred Sampson
Mildred "Millie" Sampson (born 1933), New Zealand distance runner, set a women's marathon world best of 3:19:33 on her 1964 debut in Auckland and was New Zealand's first official national women's cross country champion (1966).
Mildrette Netter
Mildrette Netter (Netter-White), born 1948 in Mississippi, is an American sprinter and Alcorn State alumna who won 1968 Olympic 4x100m relay gold in world record 42.88 and placed fourth in the 1972 relay.
Mile
The mile, also called the imperial mile, is a British and American unit of length equal to 5,280 feet or exactly 1,609.344 meters, derived from the Roman mille passus, meaning 1,000 paces.
Mile 22
Mile 22 is a 2018 American action thriller directed by Peter Berg, starring Mark Wahlberg as CIA operative James Silva, with Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, Ronda Rousey, and John Malkovich; a critically panned STX Films release.
Mile End Kicks
Mile End Kicks is a 2025 Canadian romantic comedy directed by Chandler Levack, starring Barbie Ferreira as music critic Grace Pine in 2011 Montreal's Mile End indie scene; premiered at TIFF 2025, released by Sumerian Pictures in April 2026.
Mile High Stadium
Mile High Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Denver, built in 1948 as Bears Stadium and best known as the home of the Denver Broncos.
Mile Isakovic
Mile Isaković (Миле Исаковић), born 1958 in Šabac, Serbian handball left wing; 190 caps, 734 goals for Yugoslavia; Olympic gold 1984, World gold 1986; later coach in France and director of Metaloplastika Šabac.
Mile Jedinak
Mile Jedinak (born 1984, Sydney) is an Australian former defensive midfielder and Socceroos captain, 79 caps, three World Cups, 2015 Asian Cup winner, later assistant coach at Tottenham and for Australia.
Mile Kitić
Mile Kitić (Миле Китић), born Milojko Kitić in 1952 near Derventa, is a Serbian pop-folk singer who joined Južni Vetar in 1984 and sold a million albums.
Mile run
Mile run: 1,609.04 m track race, 109.34 m longer than 1500 m; only non-metric event with ratified World Athletics records. Men's record 3:42.66 (Kerr, 2026); women's 4:07.64 (Kipyegon, 2023); Bannister first sub-4 in 1954.
Mile run world record progression
Mile run world record progression: ratified outdoor records from John Paul Jones's 4:14.4 (1913) to Josh Kerr's 3:42.66 (2026), and women's records from Anne Smith's 4:37.0 (1967) to Kipyegon's 4:07.64.
Mile Svilar (Миле Свилар)
Mile Svilar (Миле Свилар), born 1999 in Antwerp, Serbian goalkeeper for AS Roma; ex-Benfica, youngest-ever Champions League keeper at 18y52d (2017); Serie A Best Goalkeeper 2024-25, contract to 2030.
Mile-high club
Mile-high club, also mile high club, slang for people who claim to have had sex during a flight; not a real organization. Founding legend: Lawrence Sperry's 1916 autopilot flight; term first recorded 1966.
MileagePlus
MileagePlus is United Airlines' frequent flyer program, whose members earn and redeem miles for award seats, upgrades, and rewards; it has over 130 million members.
Milecastle 1 (Stott's Pow)
Milecastle 1 (Stott's Pow), first of the 80 milecastles of Hadrian's Wall counting west from Wallsend (Segedunum). Short-axis, legio II Augusta; remains buried under Miller's Dene recreation ground; location uncertain, 1886 finds now attributed to Turret 0b.
Milecastle 10 (Walbottle Dene)
Milecastle 10 (Walbottle Dene) is a Roman milecastle on Hadrian's Wall in Newcastle, discovered in 1864, a long-axis Type IV-gate fortlet, scheduled monument and World Heritage Site.