millimeter
140
2.5
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌmiːtər/
- Specialized
:
milímetro
- He measured the thickness of the paper in millimeters to ensure it was suitable for printing.
- millimeters in diameter
- millimeters thick
- one millimeter
It might have been by millimetres, but it's, it's still a loss.
- It might have been by millimetres, but it's, it's still a loss.
- I made a Micron to millimeter mistake, a math mistake.
- OK, So for millimeter wave we need density of access points.
- So in how long will your hair get per in, in millimeters in one whole lifetime?
- The radiation in the high band are the new millimetre waves.
- These are nematodes, small worms, roundworms that are just one millimeter long.
- So the tectonic plates of the Earth move millimeter by millimeter over the decades, centuries, millennia.
Examples
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And that's adding about a millimetre per year in global sea level.
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These are magnetic micro robots, just millimeters in size.
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Just gosh, it must be on the order of half a millimeter from the edge.
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On top of this is a second disk just one millimeter away and it is at rest.
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It's looks like it's just a couple of millimeters too far.
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We are one millimetre too short.
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The broken lines on either side are plus or minus three millimeters from the line of identity.
Academic text (1993) -
From what we can see, it's very aggressive, it's grown three millimeters in the past month.
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They are mere millimetres away from impact.
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Annual precipitation is said locally to be as low as 250 millimeters, which is probably an underestimate.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
160
1.0
A unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter
Compounds
1
2.9
The volume of a cube with each side one millimeter long equal to one millionth of a liter
- Specialized
1
5.0
A unit for measuring pressure used for blood pressure and barometers
How Small
- Archaic
- Specialized
7
4.8
- Specialized
2
4.8
- Specialized
140
2.5
- US
92
1.0
- Specialized
621
1.0
- US
572
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Millimeter comes from milli-, from Latin mille meaning 'thousand', and meter, from Greek metron meaning 'measure'. So a millimeter is one 'thousandth' of a meter, which is why it is used for very small lengths.