millimeter
noun
mil·li·me·ter
ˈmi-lə-ˌmē-tər 
variants
US millimeter
or British millimetre
: a unit of length equal to ¹/₁₀₀₀ meter see Metric System Table
Examples of millimeter in a Sentence
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Several areas of Oman received over 230 millimeters, or about 9 inches, of rain between Sunday and Wednesday, according to the country’s National Committee for Emergency Management.
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Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
There was a hole approximately 300 millimeters in diameter adjacent to where the license plate would have been.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
One end was thicker than the other by maybe half a millimeter, allowing for the tiniest bit of chew to remain.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
In order to keep the partial eclipse in frame, Caso, 45 of Oakland, had to delicately move the Hestia a few millimeters every few seconds.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Through patient, meticulous, incremental steps, the engineers were able to shave off that critical tenth of a millimeter to set a new world record.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
Nicotine pouches are even more discreet, with a small pouch measuring at 0.6 inches by 1.1 to 1.3 inches (14 millimeters by 28 to 32 millimeters), similar to a piece of chewing gum, that can be popped in the mouth virtually anywhere without anyone else knowing.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
The team connected eight tiny (1.5 by 1.5 by 0.1 millimeters) rigid crystalline cells and encapsulated them in a polymer to make a flexible photovoltaic system.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2024
South Florida is already a low-lying place, so millimeters matter here.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
There was a hole approximately 300 millimeters in diameter adjacent to where the license plate would have been.
—Cate Brown, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
One end was thicker than the other by maybe half a millimeter, allowing for the tiniest bit of chew to remain.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
In order to keep the partial eclipse in frame, Caso, 45 of Oakland, had to delicately move the Hestia a few millimeters every few seconds.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Through patient, meticulous, incremental steps, the engineers were able to shave off that critical tenth of a millimeter to set a new world record.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
Nicotine pouches are even more discreet, with a small pouch measuring at 0.6 inches by 1.1 to 1.3 inches (14 millimeters by 28 to 32 millimeters), similar to a piece of chewing gum, that can be popped in the mouth virtually anywhere without anyone else knowing.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
The team connected eight tiny (1.5 by 1.5 by 0.1 millimeters) rigid crystalline cells and encapsulated them in a polymer to make a flexible photovoltaic system.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2024
South Florida is already a low-lying place, so millimeters matter here.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
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millimeter
noun
mil·li·me·ter
ˈmil-ə-ˌmēt-ər
: a measure of length equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ meter see metric system table
Medical Definition
millimeter
noun
mil·li·me·ter
variants
or chiefly British millimetre
: one thousandth of a meter
—abbreviation mm
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