/meel yem", mee yem"/ , n.
1. a cupronickel coin of Egypt and Sudan, the 1000th part of a pound or the 10th part of a piaster.
2. a former coin and monetary unit of Libya, the 1000th part of a pound: replaced by the dirham.
[ 1900-05; millième millesimus thousandth, equiv. to mille thousand + -esimus ordinal suffix ]