Meaning & use
Millimetre
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A unit of length equal to one thousandth of a metre.
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The screw's diameter was measured to the nearest millimetre.
Just a few millimetres of rain fell overnight.
A note on using this word
Millimetre is the standard British and international spelling; American English typically uses 'millimeter.'
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