Miller (disambiguation)
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A miller
is a person who owns or operates a mill which turns grain into flour. The occupation has given rise to a surname, Miller (name)
(See List of people with surname Miller).
The word may also refer to:
Australia
United States
Miller
A miller usually refers to a person who operates a mill, a machine to grind a cereal crop to make flour. Milling is among the oldest of human occupations. "Miller", "Milne" and other variants are common surnames, as are their equivalents in other languages around the world...
is a person who owns or operates a mill which turns grain into flour. The occupation has given rise to a surname, Miller (name)
Miller (name)
Miller is a surname of English and Scottish origin, principally derived from the occupational name for a miller. The standard modern vocabulary word represents the northern Middle English term, an agent derivative of mille ‘mill’, reinforced by Old Norse mylnari...
(See List of people with surname Miller).
The word may also refer to:
Places
- Miller (crater)Miller (crater)Miller is a lunar impact crater that lies amidst the rugged terrain in the southern part of the Moon. It is attached to the northern rim of the smaller crater Nasireddin, and the outer rampart of the latter reaches almost to the central peak formation at the mid-point of Miller's interior floor...
, a crater on the Moon
Australia
- Miller, New South WalesMiller, New South WalesMiller is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Miller is located 38 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool.-Commercial area:...
United States
- Miller, CaliforniaMiller, CaliforniaMiller is a former settlement in Marin County, California. It was located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad south-southeast of downtown Novato, at an elevation of 23 feet . Miller still appeared on maps as of 1914....
- Miller, California, former name of Kismet, CaliforniaKismet, CaliforniaKismet is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad east-southeast of Fairmead, at an elevation of 279 feet ....
- Miller, IndianaMiller, IndianaThe name Miller, Indiana can refer to two very different Indiana communities. The unincorporated community of Miller is in Madison Township, Morgan County, Indiana....
- Miller, Iowa
- Miller, KansasMiller, KansasMiller is an unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. The nearest post office to Miller is in Reading. Miller is part of the North Lyon County USD 251 school district....
- Miller, Maryland
- Miller, Michigan
- Miller, Mississippi
- Miller, MissouriMiller, MissouriMiller is a city in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 699.-Geography:Miller is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land...
- Miller, NebraskaMiller, NebraskaMiller is a village in Buffalo County, Nebraska, in the United States. It is part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 156.-Geography:Miller is located at ....
- Miller, Ohio
- Miller, OklahomaMiller, OklahomaMiller is a community in southwestern Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, 10 miles northwest of Antlers, Oklahoma and a short distance west of Moyers, Oklahoma....
- Miller, South DakotaMiller, South DakotaMiller is a city in Hand County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,489 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Hand County.-Geography:...
- Miller BeachMiller BeachMiller Beach is a community on the southernmost shore of Lake Michigan. Originally an independent town first settled in 1851, Miller was annexed by the city of Gary, Indiana in 1918...
, a neighborhood of Gary, Indiana - Miller RiverMiller RiverThe Miller River is a river in King County, Washington. Named for 1890s prospector John Miller, it is a tributary of the Skykomish River, which it joins near the community of Miller River . The Miller River is about long from the confluence of its main tributaries, the East Fork and West Fork...
, Washington - Miller County (disambiguation), in various states
- Miller Park (Milwaukee), home field of the Milwaukee Brewers
- Miller Township (disambiguation)
Biology
- Miller (moth)Miller (moth)The Miller is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe apart from the far south-east. It also shows up seasonally in parts of the western United States, such as New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming....
(Acronicta leporina), a species of moth - Other moths of the genus AgrotisAgrotisAgrotis is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. A number of the species of this genus are extinct.Many of the species are of great importance as cutworms, major agricutural pests whose larvae hide by day and emerge at night to feed. The name cutworm refers to the habit of the larvae, of...
- The miller, a common name for the fungus Clitopilus prunulusClitopilus prunulusClitopilus prunulus, commonly known as the miller or the sweetbread mushroom, is an edible pink-spored basidiomycete mushroom found in grasslands in Europe. It has a grey to white cap and decurrent gills.-Description:...
People
- Glenn MillerGlenn MillerAlton Glenn Miller was an American jazz musician , arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known "Big Bands"...
, famous band leader and trombonist from the Big-Band (Swing) Era - Harry Miller, a race car builder whose vehicles won the Indianapolis 500Indianapolis 500The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually, typically on the last weekend in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...
9 times - Henry MillerHenry MillerHenry Valentine Miller was an American novelist and painter. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is...
, American novelist and painter - Sienna Rose MillerSienna MillerSienna Rose Diana Miller is a British-American actress, model, and fashion designer, best known for her roles in Layer Cake, Alfie, Factory Girl, The Edge of Love and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In 2007, the London Film Criticsnamed her British Actress of the Year for Interview...
(born 1981), English actress, model, and fashion designer - Dayton C. Miller, American physicist and an opponent of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.
Fictional characters
- Keith Miller (EastEnders)Keith Miller (EastEnders)Keith Miller is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by David Spinx. He made his first appearance on 6 September 2004. It was announced on 25 February 2008 that the characters of Keith and Mickey had been axed by EastEnders executive producer Diederick Santer...
, Rosie MillerRosie MillerRosemary "Rosie" Miller is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Gerry Cowper. Her first appearance was 9 September 2004 and she was axed in 2006, with her final scenes airing July 2006....
, Dawn Miller, Mickey MillerMickey MillerMichael "Mickey" Miller is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Joe Swash. He made his first appearance on 15 April 2003. Introduced as a guest character, Mickey proved popular and was turned into a regular by executive producer Louise Berridge. The character is...
, Demi MillerDemi MillerDemi Miller is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Shana Swash. She made her first appearance on 6 September 2004 and made her last on 7 July 2006 when she was axed by EastEnders executive producer Kate Harwood....
, Darren MillerDarren MillerDarren Miller is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Charlie G. Hawkins. He made his first appearance on 6 September 2004 and departed in the episode broadcast on 20 September 2011.-Storylines:...
and Aleesha Miller, from the British television show EastEnders - Master Miller in the Metal Gear series of games
- Barney MillerBarney MillerBarney Miller is a situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker...
from the 1975 television show of the same name
Other
- Miller Brewing CompanyMiller Brewing CompanyThe Miller Brewing Company is an American beer brewing company owned by the United Kingdom-based SABMiller. Its regional headquarters are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the company has brewing facilities in Albany, Georgia; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Eden, North Carolina; Fort Worth, Texas;...
, a popular beer company in the United States - U. Grant Miller LibraryU. Grant Miller LibraryU. Grant Miller Library is the academic library for Washington & Jefferson College, located in Washington, Pennsylvania. With its origins tracing back to a donation from Benjamin Franklin in 1789, the collection currently hold 210,000 volumes. The Archives and Special Collections contain...
, the Washington & Jefferson College library - Miller ElectricMiller ElectricMiller Electric is an arc welding and cutting equipment manufacturing company based in Appleton, WI. Miller Electric has grown from a one-man operation selling products in Northeast Wisconsin, to what is today one of the world's largest manufacturers of arc welding and cutting equipment...
, a company that makes arc welding and cutting equipment - Miller (typeface)Miller (typeface)Miller is a transitional serif typeface released in 1997 by the Font Bureau, a U.S.-based digital type foundry. It was designed by Matthew Carter, based on the "Scotch Roman" style which originates from types cut by Richard Austin in Scottish type foundries in the early 19th century.The general...
, a typeface designed by Matthew Carter in 1997
See also
- Miller testMiller testThe Miller test , is the United States Supreme Court's test for determining whether speech or expression can be labeled obscene, in which case it is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and can be prohibited.-History and details:The Miller test was developed in the...
, developed and used by the United States Supreme Court - Miller cycleMiller cycleIn engineering, the Miller cycle is a combustion process used in a type of four-stroke internal combustion engine. The Miller cycle was patented by Ralph Miller, an American engineer, in the 1940s.- Overview :...
, a combustion process used in a type of four-stroke internal combustion engine - Miller effectMiller effectIn electronics, the Miller effect accounts for the increase in the equivalent input capacitance of an inverting voltage amplifier due to amplification of the effect of capacitance between the input and output terminals...
in electronics, describes how the capacitance between the input and the output of an amplifier is affected by the gain of the amplifier - Miller encoding (delay encoding), used in telecommunications
- Miller indexMiller indexMiller indices form a notation system in crystallography for planes and directions in crystal lattices.In particular, a family of lattice planes is determined by three integers h, k, and ℓ, the Miller indices. They are written , and each index denotes a plane orthogonal to a direction in the...
, used to describe sets of planes in a crystal - Miller Camera Support EquipmentMiller Camera Support EquipmentMiller Camera Support Equipment is the commercial name of R. E. Miller Pty Ltd, an independent Australian manufacturer of tripods, fluid heads and various accessories for professional camera systems .Miller is one of the leading suppliers of ENG/EFP equipment to broadcast and government.Miller is...
, an Australian tripods and fluid heads manufacturer