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millimeters

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for millimeters.

Editorial note

A bin-picker robot needs to be accurate on the scale of a few millimeters while a car is probably fine with a few hundred centimeters of accuracy.

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Quick take

US spelling of millimetre. [An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a metre. Symbol: mm]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of millimeters gathered in one view.

noun

US spelling of millimetre. [An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a metre. Symbol: mm]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for millimeters.

noun

US spelling of millimetre. [An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a metre. Symbol: mm]

Example sentences

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A bin-picker robot needs to be accurate on the scale of a few millimeters while a car is probably fine with a few hundred centimeters of accuracy.

2

Usually that will be something like a toe that's a few millimeters shorter than most, sometimes it's ALS.

3

Removing the headphone jack only gets you an extra few millimeters before you hit the Lightning port.

4

You might notice that Apple products have more fit and finish, but the results are measured in millimeters at most.

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Another data point: my kitchen microwave has been getting 32 millimeters to the hot pocket.

6

The drift speed of an electron in metal is actually much, much slower, somewhere on the order of millimeters per second.

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The are up to 1.5 millimeters long, and any detailed features of the animal can only be seen with a microscope.

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I think the goal is unattainable at humanity's current level of spiritual development (which is, to be blunt, maybe a few millimeters further along than our ape cousins).

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>a few extra millimeters of e-peen can you tell me what that means?

10

Typical values of drift speed are, if I recall correctly, of the order of millimeters/hour.

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Also, it's trivial to convert meters to millimeters and kilometers.

12

But you can only image millimeters before it, right?

Quote examples

1

It doesn't embed "DPI metadata" on files, but uses real-world units (millimeters, points) in most, if not all, measurements instead of pixels.

2

I wonder exactly how many grams and millimeters smartphones have to be, to get to the point where they are so thin and light they go beyond feeling premium and fall into the valley of "cheap"?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use millimeters in a sentence?

A bin-picker robot needs to be accurate on the scale of a few millimeters while a car is probably fine with a few hundred centimeters of accuracy.

What does millimeters mean?

US spelling of millimetre. [An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a metre. Symbol: mm]

What part of speech is millimeters?

millimeters is commonly used as noun.