Millimetre

Definitions

1. Rare spelling of millimetre.
   alt-of, rare
2. An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a metre. Symbol: mm

Equivalents

Examples

“Holonyms: centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre”

“Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre”

“It is not permissible to use⟳ abbreviations for unit symbols or unit names, such as sec (for either s or second), sq. mm (for either mm² or square millimetre), cc (for either cm³ or cubic centimetre), or mps (for either m/s or metre per second).”

“The patient was a little girl, who, after juxta-epiphysary osteitis of the tibia, presented, with an anchylosed knee, a shortening of 24 millimètres. An application of Vienna paste, and afterwards Canquoin’s was made over the front of the tibia; three months afterwards the shortening was only 11 millimètres.”

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