What is another word for millimeter?

Pronunciation: [mˈɪlɪmˌiːtə] (IPA)

Millimeter is a unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter. However, there are many other synonyms for the word millimeter. Some of the synonyms include micrometer, which is one millionth of a meter, nanometer, which is one billionth of a meter, and picometer, which is one trillionth of a meter. Other synonyms include thou, which is one thousandth of an inch, and mil, which is also one thousandth of an inch. In the field of engineering, some professionals may use the term "thousandth" or "thou" instead of millimeter. These synonyms are commonly used in different fields of science and measurement, depending on the method of measurement.

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  • hyponyms for millimeter (as nouns)

    • quantity
      metric linear unit.

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Usage examples for Millimeter

He could still see that silly little field gun, it must have been around seventy or eighty millimeter, on a high-wheeled carriage, drawn by six shaggy, bandy-legged beasts.
"Space Viking"
Henry Beam Piper
The computed diameter of the molecule is only one and a half millionths of a millimeter.
"An Introduction to Chemical Science"
R.P. Williams
If a cross line be now drawn connecting the points thus found, its length will be proportional to the width of the window, and the width may be read off to scale, a centimeter for every millimeter in the length of the cross line.
"A Text-Book of Astronomy"
George C. Comstock

Famous quotes with Millimeter

  • Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
    Dave Barry
  • Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.
    George Orwell
  • You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way ... people look at reality, then you can change it.
    James Arthur Baldwin
  • Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
    Dave Barry

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