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
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Its viewpoint would probably be a millimeter or less above the surface.
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Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
Every millimeter of Lady Gaga’s 2009 single, and how it was presented to the world, stood out as special — burned into the memory of any pop fan paying the slightest bit of attention 15 years ago, and largely remaining so today.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
The aluminum skin wrapped around an airframe is typically around a millimeter thick.
—Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
Trump survived by millimeters a would-be assassin’s bullet at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
Every millimeter of Lady Gaga’s 2009 single, and how it was presented to the world, stood out as special — burned into the memory of any pop fan paying the slightest bit of attention 15 years ago, and largely remaining so today.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
The aluminum skin wrapped around an airframe is typically around a millimeter thick.
—Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
Trump survived by millimeters a would-be assassin’s bullet at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Millimeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millimeter. Accessed 1 Dec. 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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