millimeter

n. (Abbr. mm)

A unit of length equal to one thousandth (10 ^-3) of a meter, or 0.0394 inch.

One thousandth of a meter, or 1/25th of an inch. See metric system.

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One-thousandth (10⁻³) of a meter; equivalent to 0.039 inch; abbreviated mm.

To convert from millimeters to:

centimeters, multiply by .1.
feet, multiply by 3.281E-03.
inches, multiply by .03937.
kilometers, multiply by 1E-06.
meters, multiply by .001.
miles, multiply by 6.214E-07.
mils, multiply by 39.37.
yards, multiply by 1.094E-03.

Convert:  Into:  centimeters feet inches kilometers meters miles mils yards

Result:

IN BRIEF: A unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter, or 0.0394 inch.

The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way . . . people look at reality, then you can change it. — James Baldwin (1924-1987), American writer and civil rights leader.

Tutor's tip: Note: Measure (volume to the one-thousandth liter) with "milliliter" and distance to the (one-thousandth meter) with "millimeter."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - millimeter

Nederlands (Dutch)
millimeter

Français (French)
n. - millimètre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Millimeter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χιλιοστόμετρο, χιλιοστό

Italiano (Italian)
millimetro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - milímetro (m)

Русский (Russian)
миллиметр

Español (Spanish)
n. - milímetro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - millimeter

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
公厘, 毫米

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 公釐, 毫米

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 밀리미터(1000분의 1미터)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ミリメートル

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مليميتر واحد بالألف من المتر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מילימטר (אלפית המטר)‬

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