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Millimeter   /mˈɪləmˌitər/   Listen
Millimeter

noun
1.
A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.  Synonyms: millimetre, mm.



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"Millimeter" Quotes from Famous Books



... cylindrical vessel, B', cast in a piece with the frame, B. This vessel is lined with two series of tempered cast iron plates, D and D', called exit and entrance plates, which rest thereon, through the intermedium of well dressed pedicels, and which are held in place by six 20-millimeter bolts. Their length is 708 mm. The entrance plates, D, are provided with 6 spiral channels, whose pitch is equal to that of the channels of the decorticating cylinder, C, and in the same direction. The depth of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. • Various

... considerable difficulty in actually counting 400,000 wave lengths, but this can be avoided by first counting the wave lengths and fractions in a length of one millimeter and using this to step off a centimeter. This will give the nearest whole number of wave lengths, and the fractions may be observed directly. The centimeter is then used in the same way to step off a decimeter, which again determines the nearest ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 • Various



Words linked to "Millimeter" :   metric linear unit, micrometer, mm, millimeter of mercury, cubic millimeter, cm, millimetre, micron, centimetre, centimeter



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