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Millimetre   /mˈɪləmˌitər/   Listen
Millimetre

noun
1.
A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.  Synonyms: millimeter, mm.



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"Millimetre" Quotes from Famous Books



... such strength that an amount too infinitesimal to be gauged may kill; and we know that "the unit adopted in certain scientific work is the amount of emanation produced by one million-millionth of a grain of radium, a quantity which itself has a volume of less than a million-millionth of a cubic millimetre and weighs a million million times less than an exceptionally delicate chemical balance will turn to" (Soddy, 1912). May not man be the radium of the Universe? At any rate let us not worry about his size. For us ...
— The Evolution of Modern Medicine • William Osler


Words linked to "Millimetre" :   centimeter, mm, micrometer, metric linear unit, micron, cm, centimetre


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