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MILLIMETER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter

Synonyms:

millimeter; millimetre; mm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("millimeter" is a kind of...):

metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)

Meronyms (parts of "millimeter"):

micrometer; micron (a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter)

Holonyms ("millimeter" is a part of...):

centimeter; centimetre; cm (a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter)

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 Context examples: 

In three weeks, the axons grew as much as 12 millimeters, a rate about 500 times faster than untreated CNS axons.

(Visual activity regenerates neural connections between eye and brain, NIH)

The distance (e.g. millimeters) that red blood cells settle in unclotted blood over a specified unit of time (e.g. one hour).

(Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Using these signals, scientists can measure the spacecraft's speed to a precision of 0.004 inches (0.1 millimeters) per second, and then calculate the details of the gravity field.

(What's Inside Ceres? New Findings from Gravity Data, NASA)

These two processes together only produced a quarter of an inch (7 millimeters) of growth — less than a third of the total.

(Sierras Lost Water Weight, Grew Taller During Drought, NASA)

We've strongly suspected that hydrogen sulfide gas was influencing the millimeter and radio spectrum of Uranus for some time, but we were unable to attribute the absorption needed to identify it positively.

(What Uranus Cloud Tops Have in Common With Rotten Eggs, NASA)

This means the raindrops could not have been bigger than three millimeters across.

(Heavy Rain May Have Once Fallen on Mars, VOA)

It can measure any circumference to the nearest millimeter and is manufactured from paper-thin, non-stretch, non-shrink plastic.

(Lasso-O Measuring Tape, NICHD)

Electrocardiographic criteria used for the diagnosis of right atrial abnormality may include a peaked p wave greater than 2.5 millimeters in amplitude in the inferior leads.

(P-pulmonale by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates a neutrophil count of at least 1000 per cubic millimeter.

(Neutrophil Count 1000, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the number of platelets in a blood sample, usually expressed as platelets per cubic millimeter (cmm) of whole blood.

(Platelet Count, NCI Thesaurus)