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millimeter Definition

milli·me·ter (mili mēt′ər)

noun

one thousandth of a meter (0.03937 inch): abbrev. mm

Etymology: Fr millimètre: see milli- & meter

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See mm.

millimeter Usage Examples

Converse of object

use: Doing it for using thirty-five millimeter directly from their miles north of.

Adjective modifier

  • cubic: Normal CD4 counts in adults range from around 500 to 1,500 cells per cubic millimeter of blood.
  • few: I caught this little beetle, only a few millimeters long, crawling around on our bush of yellow flowers.
  • several: The gamma knife delivers a single high dose of radiation at targets of just several millimeters up to 3 centimeters in diameter.
  • thirty-five: Doing it for using thirty-five millimeter directly from their miles north of.
  • square: The most important figure is the number of counts per square millimeter, the so called local count rate.
  • single: With a wingspan of a single millimeter, they were very small craft indeed.

Modifies a noun

  • wave: The Longbow system consists of an integrated millimeter wave FCR mounted on top of the AH-64 Apache's main rotor mast.
  • distance: Domestic violence child those of millimeter distance he was dealing.
  • technology: The millimeter wave technology has been dubbed " wireless optics " since it provides gigabit high-speed throughput between transmission sites.
  • grid: One side has a millimeter grid for accurate cutting.
  • interval: The male was sectioned at one millimeter intervals, the female at one-third of a millimeter intervals.
  • gun: His friend, who was usually the after gunner, replaced him at his forward post on the fifty millimeter gun.

Noun used with modifier

half: The rule's original size is 2.5 cm divided in 50 half millimeter divisions.

Preposition: in

  • diameter: It's easy to make them, if you can find glass tubes one or two millimeters in diameter.
  • size: In both images, these small cavities are about 1 to 2 millimeter in size and pictures were obtained using a stereo-microscope.
  • length: These vary from 1-2mm, to several millimeters in length.
  • width: It consisted chiefly of little drawers filled with thousands of tiny reels of film a few millimeters in width.

Preposition: of

  • mercury: A normal blood pressure for a healthy adult is about 120/80 millimeters of mercury on a blood pressure gage.
  • rain: During the monsoon season, 9,000 millimeters of rain drench its hills; which lie at the foot of the Himalaya Mountains.