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square millimeter

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noun

  1. a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one millimeter on each side. mm 2 , sq. mm


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The cutting-edge 3-nanometer process can fit 250 million to 300 million transistors in one square millimeter of silicon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

On average, the gloves introduced around 2,000 false positive signals per square millimeter.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026

In the sample from the youngest donor, who died at 43, the team found roughly 42,000 immature neurons per square millimeter of brain tissue.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 25, 2019

Measuring a little under 6 by 5 inches, it’s a marvel of compositional concentration, with not a square millimeter of wasted surface.

From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2014

Equal to the resistance of a column of mercury one square millimeter in cross section, and 106.24 centimeters in length.

From Electricity for Boys by James Slough Zerbe

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