Definitions
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- noun UK An
SI /MKS unit of measure, the length of 1/1000 of ametre . Symbol:mm
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- noun a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter
Etymologies
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Examples
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The move followed a trial run of the technology, known as millimetre-wave scanners, at the Kelowna, B.C., airport.
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In fact, there were 10 fibres per millimetre, which is 100 times the permitted level.
Blogger News Network 2009
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TeraView says its technology is potentially more attractive than existing technologies - such as millimetre wave or X-Ray - because it is more effective, faster, safer and sidesteps concerns about passengers 'privacy being compromised.
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Timothy Whittamore, 44, drove from Independence, Ky., so he could wear his 9 millimetre pistol at the rally.
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Issue the x-ray specs/millimetre wave radar! on April 13, 2010 at 8: 35 pm hilljohnny
Crime And Immigration In Britain SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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I really like to have things symmetrical on screen, and when you have it maximised, you really don't want the window moving a millimetre off screen.
RightZoom Makes The OS X Maximise Button More Like Windows | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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It's a worm a millimetre long made up of only 1,000 cells and I am watching it curling, uncurling and grazing on its bacterial food with a string of its cells brightly illuminated in green.
The quest for knowledge is good in itself and helps the country thrive 2011
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We looked at millimetre wave but don't believe that it is sufficiently developed for operational use, said a Manchester Airport spokesman.
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I knew, to the nearest fraction of a millimetre, the length of the nuchal fold that would indicate Down's syndrome.
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She opens a millimetre of space between her thumb and index finger to illustrate the hundredth of a second that separated her from fourth and the podium.
Jodie Williams: 'Even before I ran, I wanted to be in the Olympics' 2011
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