millimètre

A form of millimetre — An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a metre. Symbol: mm

Meanings

nounmillimètre (plural millimètres)

plural millimètres

  1. rareRare spelling of millimetre.
    1 more example

    The patient was a little girl, who, after juxta-epiphysary osteitis of the tibia, presented, with an anchylosed knee, a shortening of 24 millimètres. An application of Vienna paste, and afterwards Canquoin’s was made over the front of the tibia; three months afterwards the shortening was only 11 millimètres.

    1874, Half-yearly Compendium of Medical Science, XIII-XIV, page 240
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