millimeter

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mil⋅li⋅me⋅ter

[mil-uh-mee-ter]

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–noun

a unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter and equivalent to 0.03937 inch. Abbreviation: mm

Also, especially British, mil⋅li⋅me⋅tre.

Origin:
1800–10; < F millimètre. See milli-, meter ¹

Related forms:

mil⋅li⋅met⋅ric [mil-uh-me-trik]

, adjective

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mil·li·me·ter (mĭl'ə-mē'tər)

n. Abbr. mm
A unit of length equal to one thousandth (10^-3) of a meter, or 0.0394 inch. See Table at measurement.

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Millimeter

Mil"li*me`ter\, Millimetre \Mil"li*me`tre\, n. [F. millim[`e]tre; milli- milli- + m[`e]tre. See 3d Meter.] A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter.

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Language Translation for : millimeter

Spanish: milímetro,

German: das Milimeter,

Japanese: ミリメートル

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Main Entry: mil·li·me·ter
Variant: or chiefly British mil·li·me·tre /'mil-&-"mEt-&r/
Function:noun
: one thousandth of a meter —abbreviation mm

millimeter mil·li·me·ter (mĭl'ə-mē'tər)
n.

Abbr. mm A unit of length equal to one thousandth (10-³) of a meter (0.0394 inch).

millimeter (mĭl'ə-mē'tər) Pronunciation Key
A unit of length in the metric system equal to 0.001 meter. See Table at measurement.

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