- a variation of millimeter.
millimetre
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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London and its suburbs are one of 19 English regions to have had no more than one millimetre of rainfall last month.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Whilst rain and then showers are forecast across Northern Ireland, Scotland and perhaps the far north of England, barely a millimetre is likely to fall.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The dust grains around R Doradus are typically only about one ten-thousandth of a millimetre across.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
Other leagues, including the top flights in Germany, Spain and Italy, have gone back to offside by the millimetre.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
The missile fired was a 75 millimetre or 3-inch high-explosive shell.
From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd
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