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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American
abbreviation
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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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British
abbreviation
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Military Medal
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the French equivalent of Messrs
mm
Scientific
Etymology
Origin of mm.
From the Latin word millia
Vocabulary lists containing mm
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For the 2026 model year, Ducati’s chassis boffins raised the aluminum swingarm pivot 1 mm, improving the rear suspension’s anti-squat geometry, even when the bike is heavily loaded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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
Even after factoring in these real-world measurement errors, the model showed that targeting a systolic blood pressure below 120 mm Hg prevented more cardiovascular events than aiming for 130 mm Hg.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 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
They, in their mm, had helped up others.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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
A simple way to tell arthritis from rheumatism is a blood sedimentation test: if the sedimentation rate is less than 10 mm. an hour, it is probably rheumatism.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their size varied from a diameter of 90 mm. to 250 mm. and they seemed to be used primarily for resting places.
From A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas by Edwin P. Martin
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. les voyageurs, sont priés, quand ils descendent, de ne pas aller plus vite que la voiture:" passengers are requested, when they descend, not to go faster than the vehicle.
From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Robert Walsh
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
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
She has also collaborated with companies like the swimwear brand Summersalt and the women’s wear brand M.M.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 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
Miranda-Martin painted it with Benjamin Moore’s Navajo, a flat white, as a backdrop to the softer hues of the furniture he designed at his furniture and lighting company, Studio MM.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
MM: What was the moment where you knew that this was your path, where you decided, “OK, I can grow in this space”?
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
Boohoo said MM Leicester Clothing Ltd was "subject to regular audits and unannounced checks" as is the case with all its factories.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2023
An important point to note is that, although MM.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Camille Flammarion
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