mm - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • accumulate: In the afternoon light rain between 1245 - 1500 GMT contributed most toward the 2.3 mm accumulated in the 24-h.
  • measure: The display, measuring 7.5 mm across, is to be used in viewfinders, with appropriate lens magnification.
  • reach: In the afternoon it warmed up and by 3:00 pm the rain total had reached 9.65 mm.
  • report: Keyworth ( Nottinghamshire ) reported 96 mm in just 15 hours on the 14/15th of the month.
  • add: For a slab path, then add 50 mm ( 2 " ) of sharp sand, firmed and leveled, before laying slabs.

Adjective modifier

  • few: A second cluster similar to this one was found a few mm away.

Modifies a noun

  • diameter: The machine on show has an 870 mm diameter rotary table.
  • ref: Height is 39 mm and width is 34 mm Ref.
  • phosphate: Protein concentration is typically 1 mg/mL Buffer is typically 10 mM phosphate with low salt if any.
  • clearance: The Astra has a 9 mm clearance as standard on the model from road to base of car.
  • lens: The aerial plate shot was photographed on VistaVision format with a 35 mm lens at the Vancouver Public Library in Canada.

Modifying Another Word

  • wide: Dimensions 1150mm long x 705 mm wide x 505 mm high.

Preposition: in

  • diameter: The holes should be about 8 mm in diameter.
  • thickness: The mass measured up to 6.0 mm in base diameter and 2.5 mm in thickness in proper gaze.
  • length: These are tiny white or brown flies no more than 2 mm in length.
  • height: It weighs 5.0 kg and is 385 mm in height and 248 in its width.
  • hour: The rainfall was 90-98 mm in 18 hours, which is more typical of a heavy monsoon storm in the Indian Sub-Continent.

Preposition: of

  • rain: Beaufort Scale 2 November 2005 16.7 mm of rain recorded.
  • rainfall: Rainfall Bar Chart Plymouth has around 900 mm of rainfall each year.
  • soil: In a sandy loam soil, most seedlings emerged from the top 20 mm of soil with 89 % from the surface 10 mm.

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