mm
millimeter; millimeters.
mm
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mM
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American
mm.
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American
abbreviation
mm.
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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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American
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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British
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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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
Participants were at least 40 years old and had systolic blood pressure readings between 130-139 mm Hg, a range classified as stage 1 hypertension under ACC/AHA guidelines.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
The 600 mm rocket launchers, which have a purported range of around 260 miles, were cited as a top goal by Kim at a rare Workers’ Party meeting last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
"By January 29, the Moscow State University Meteorological Observatory had recorded almost 92 mm of precipitation, which is already the highest value in the last 203 years," it added.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
As a mm she would not be her own boss.
From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
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
Other vital statistics in Forrestal's report revealed that the 45,000-ton Iowas carry 148 antiaircraft barrels, ranging from 20 mm. up to five-inch dual purpose guns.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ridge is finished with a horizontally flat edge 4-5 mm. wide.
From Mohave Pottery by Harner, Michaell J.
But MM. les Deputés quickly came to their senses, supported the Cabinet, 351 to 110.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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." and engrailing the same as No. 3., and it also wants the "P."
As M.M. evolves from sidekick to central character, he also begins to behave more like Butcher, forcing him to wrestle with the erosion of his idealistic principles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
I got on the phone with the magazine’s “Editor Grande Supreme” M.M.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2023
“Congratulations India” trended on Twitter after “Naatu Naatu” by M.M.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
But the musical highlight of the night was undoubtedly the snatch of the Carpenters’ “Top of the World” sung by the composer M.M.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 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 producing this joint project, how did you two negotiate the differences between your writing styles and personalities?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
MM: In your intro, Anne, you recall Neal telling you he was working on a writing book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
The researchers discovered that combining venetoclax with a drug called 5-azacytidine significantly increased its effectiveness across many MM cell lines, indicating a broader potential patient population that could be treated with the new combination.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
MM: My top two are probably the same ones most people would name, the first being Cedric Daniels, his principled commanding officer on "The Wire."
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023
Absolute control of the hands and of the feet made by MM.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille
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