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Definitions for millimeter
ˈmɪl əˌmi tərmil·lime·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. millimeter, millimetre, mmnoun

    a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter

Wikipedia

  1. millimeter

    The millimetre (international spelling; SI unit symbol mm) or millimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length. Therefore, there are one thousand millimetres in a metre. There are ten millimetres in a centimetre. One millimetre is equal to 1000 micrometres or 1000000 nanometres. Since an inch is officially defined as exactly 25.4 millimetres, a millimetre is equal to exactly 5⁄127 (≈ 0.03937) of an inch.

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  1. millimeter

    A millimeter is a unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to one thousandth of a meter (the base unit of length in the International System of Units). It is often used in precise measurements, such as in engineering and science, due to its small size. The abbreviation for millimeter is 'mm'.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Millimeternoun

    alt. of Millimetre

Wikidata

  1. Millimeter

    The millimetre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length. It is equal to 1,000 micrometres and 1,000,000 nanometres. There are 25.4 mm in one inch.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Millimeter

    Millimetre, mil′i-mē-tėr, n. the thousandth part of a metre.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Millimeter

    A unit of length; one-thousandth of a meter. It is equal to   39.37079 mils;     .03937 inch;     .00109 yard.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of millimeter in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of millimeter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of millimeter in a Sentence

  1. Francis Tarasiewicz:

    Any exposed skin, even if it’s just like a millimeter of exposed skin, sort of feels like a bee stinging you or like a low-grade sunburn, so definitely not very pleasant up here, but being up here, is what we are up here for, these extreme conditions.

  2. Josefina Vidal:

    Cuba will never do absolutely anything, not move one millimeter, to try to respond.

  3. Charles Gallagher:

    They're talking about hunting in Montana. They're not talking about walking into a Wal-Mart with a 9-millimeter strapped to their back. do I think that people who own guns lie in bed at night thinking about shooting a black man? No.

  4. James Arthur Baldwin:

    You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way ... people look at reality, then you can change it.

  5. Mandarin Oriental Tokyo Thomas Combescot-Lepere:

    In terms of technique and execution, here in The Japanese The Japanese's done to the millimeter, day in and day out, i think that Michelin look for that consistency and it's very important here.

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