millimetre

/ ˈmɪlɪˌmiːtə /

noun

1. mm. one thousandth of a metre

Example Sentences

In other words, MLS judges offside at the clear and obvious threshold and not to millimetres.

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The operation, bringing together the military, crisis planners, and local water authorities, tests responses to 200 millimetres of rain falling in one day -- a quarter of the annual amount in the Netherlands.

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"They broke my growing bones from the knee. Luckily my right leg did grow equally and now it's only a couple of millimetres' difference. I can still tell there is a difference!" she said.

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They found the tiny fish didn't just lose weight but got shorter by several millimetres.

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"It's choreographed to the nearest millimetre," he says.

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