mm
millimeter; millimeters.
mm
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mM
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mm.
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American
abbreviation
mm.
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American
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Music. measures.
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millimeter; millimeters.
MM.
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American
abbreviation
M.M.
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abbreviation
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Master Mason.
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Master Mechanic.
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Master of Music.
mm
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British
symbol
abbreviation
mm
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abbreviation
MM
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Military Medal
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the French equivalent of Messrs
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Scientific
Etymology
Origin of mm.
From the Latin word millia
Vocabulary lists containing mm
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Both are small, with cone-shaped shells measuring about 6 mm in length, and they live on limestone rocks where they feed on algae and lichens.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
In the southern part of England, July was the driest month ever recorded, dating back to 1836, with just 1.9 mm of rainfall, or three percent of the average figure, the Met Office said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Investigators obtained camera footage from the shop showing a young man emerging after buying the gun, a Taurus 9 mm pistol, to make a call on his cellphone.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
The VMZ factory in Sopot, two hours drive east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, produces explosives and NATO-grade 155 mm artillery shells.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Your pencil—mechanical, size .7 mm graphite only—glides across the paper.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
In addition, yeast cells were treated with 100 mM sodium perchlorate, either on its own or combined with shock wave exposure.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2026
Plants from which these data were taken were grown in 10 mM NaCl solutions.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
DNA was purified by adding 30 μl of 20 mM EDTA, 5 μl of 3 M sodium acetate and 137 μl ice cold ethanol.
From Nature ● Sep. 19, 2017
This starting structure was placed into a cubic box of water containing 100 mM NaCl.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014
“Just then, Death came up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. ‘Excuse me,’ he mM, “but I have come for you.’
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
These patches are also gigantic — the smallest size offered is 9 by 13 mm., which is bigger than the original’s largest size.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2019
Scale bar, 1 mm. b, Representative scanning electron microscopy image showing measurements of inner and outer seed coat layers.
From Nature ● Feb. 7, 2017
There should be no place on earth not covered by 8 mm. movies, no place without the buzzing of our 8 mm. cameras!
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 21, 2016
The Bronze Age artists used a curious technique; with a tool made from hard rock, possibly quartz, they hammered or scraped groups of closely spaced small holes, 1 mm. to 5 mm. in diameter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Palmillas, July 23, a female with 1 embryo measuring 6 mm.;
From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Ticul Alvarez
MM. les Deputies proceeded to increase the deficit by 846,000,000 francs and sent the budget back to the Senators again.
From Time Magazine Archive
But MM. les Deputés quickly came to their senses, supported the Cabinet, 351 to 110.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon epithets rang and adjectives cooed, as MM. les Deputés expounded their grand theme: The Sanctity of Motherhood.
From Time Magazine Archive
MM. les Deputes were presented last week with the 1932 budget which, to the ingenuous eye, balanced.
From Time Magazine Archive
MM. de Freycinet and Floquet each looked for the support of the Radicals, and each had made a secret compact, in the event of his election, to restore General Boulanger to the war office.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
Included are instructions for calling the central office, along with one- and two-digit numbers for USC’s first president, M.M.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Minutaglio noted New York-based women’s wear brand M.M.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
I got on the phone with the magazine’s “Editor Grande Supreme” M.M.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2023
That had stiff competition from the pure frenzied precision that was the live performance of "Naatu Naatu," outdone only by its composer M.M.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2023
“Isn’t that right? I thought it was better to do it so, because Meg’s initials are M.M., and I don’t want anyone to use these but Marmee,” said Beth, looking troubled.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
MM: In your intro, Anne, you recall Neal telling you he was working on a writing book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
MM: I want to bring up the value of women working together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
Although previously tested in MM, venetoclax, which blocks the function of a protein called BCL-2, was only found to be effective for a small proportion of patients.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
When contacted by the BBC, MM Leicester said its normal hours are 08:00 to 18:00 and it never forces workers to stay late.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2023
We join thereto also certain indications furnished by MM.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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