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MICROMILLIMETER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does micromillimeter mean?
• MICROMILLIMETER (noun)
The noun MICROMILLIMETER has 1 sense:
1. a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
Familiarity information: MICROMILLIMETER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
micromillimeter; micromillimetre; millimicron; nanometer; nanometre; nm
Hypernyms ("micromillimeter" is a kind of...):
metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)
Meronyms (parts of "micromillimeter"):
A; angstrom; angstrom unit (a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation)
Holonyms ("micromillimeter" is a part of...):
micrometer; micron (a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter)
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