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Millimeter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A unit of length equal to one thousandth (10-3) of a meter, or 0.0394 inch. See Table at measurement.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. US spelling of millimetre.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d meter.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The thousandth part of a meter, equal to 0.03937 inch, or nearly inch. It is denoted by mm.: as, 25.4 mm. is 1 inch.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter

Word Usage

"The most recent technology that's out there today, which is in several airports throughout the United States in a voluntary basis, uses what we call a millimeter wave system, which actually looks under the clothing of an individual."

Equivalent

millimetre

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

metric linear unit

Cross Reference

circular millimeter

Variant

meter

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

kilometer millimetre

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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