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millimetre
(
USmillimeter) (also
mm)
noun
One thousandth of a metre (0.039 in.).
‘Nanotechnology uses the scale of the nanometre, equal to one millionth of a millimetre.’
‘Lesion size can vary from a few millimeters to several centimeters.’
‘Patches can range from a few millimetres to a few centimetres in size.’
‘Normal rainfall in the province was between 120 millimeters and 130 millimeters.’
‘Outside, workmen on scaffolding grind and scrape at our walls, breaking in by the millimeter and decibel.’
‘The firm notes on its Web site that the process can create objects with high precision at scales of less than a thousandth of a millimeter.’
‘With these branching patterns, roots can be characterized by fractal analysis over a range of scales from about a quarter of a millimetre to several centimetres.’
‘It may be found on any part of the body as a scaly and crusted patch from a few millimeters to many centimeters in diameter.’
‘The small-scale karren features, usually a few millimetres to a few metres in size, are the most widespread karstic landform.’
‘These things are measured in nanometres, with a nanometre being a millionth of a millimetre, or about as far as a fingernail grows in a second.’