millimeter
pronunciation
How to pronounce millimeter in British English:
UK [ˈmɪlɪˌmiːtə]
How to pronounce millimeter in American English:
US [ˈmɪləˌmitər]
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- Noun:
- a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter
Word Origin
- millimeter (n.)
- also millimetre, 1802, from French millimetre; see milli- + meter (n.2).
Example
- 1. A micrometer is one thousandth of one millimeter .
- 2. Will they use x-ray or millimeter wave technology ?
- 3. Einstein predicted much less than a millimeter .
- 4. The cells had attached ; an average of 1250 cells had colonized each square millimeter of the adhesive .
- 5. The jacket falls , and he 's aiming a rusty old nine millimeter at my chest .