- a variation of millimeter.
millimetre
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The dust grains around R Doradus are typically only about one ten-thousandth of a millimetre across.
From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026
On production lines in most industries components will be the same size, often to within fractions of a millimetre.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
"It's choreographed to the nearest millimetre," he says.
From BBC • May 14, 2025
"It can see things on the scale of a few thousandths of a millimetre," explained Adrian Mancuso, director of physical sciences at Diamond.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025
For spark lengths of the order of five to fifteen millimetres, the disruptive voltage in air of ordinary pressure is at the rate of 3,000 volts per millimetre.
From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by Fleming, John Ambrose
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