Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The millionth part of a millimeter.
- noun The thousandth part of a millimeter: formerly and sometimes still used by biologists. The equivalent used by metrologists and physicists is micron.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The millionth part of a meter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
millionth part of ameter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
Etymologies
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micro- + millimeter
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Examples
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Especially if Misty, Felicia and Colleen are drawn extra-busty, dripping with unspecified bodily fluids, and about micromillimeter from exposing nipples and even more for Colleen.
Pick on Marvel Month? | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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One bushy brow might have ascended a micromillimeter.
Break No Bones Reichs, Kathy 2006
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“Within the ego-bion is the ego itself, which is much simpler looking, about one hundredth of a micromillimeter.”
Psychology and Social Sanity Hugo M��nsterberg 1889
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