millimetre
(ˈmɪlɪmiːtə(r), Fr. milimɛtr)
Also -meter.
[F. millimetre: see milli- and metre.]
In the metric system, a measure of length equal to 1/1000 of a metre, or ·0393 inch. Also attrib. Frequently abbreviated millim or mm.
| 1807 Med. Jrnl. XVII. 418 An incision..about the length of six millemeters (three lines). 1877 W. Thomson Voy. Challenger I. 41 A paper millimetre scale. 1883 McLachlan in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Oct. 237 Length of abdomen {male} 37 millim. 1887 Ward tr. Sachs' Physiol. Plants 47 A lamella..a few tenths of a millimeter thick. |