Definition of Micromillimetre

1. Noun. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.

Exact synonyms: Micromillimeter, Millimicron, Nanometer, Nanometre, Nm
Generic synonyms: Metric Linear Unit
Terms within: A, Angstrom, Angstrom Unit
Group relationships: Micrometer, Micron

Definition of Micromillimetre

1. Noun. (alternative form of micromillimeter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Micromillimetre

1. The millionth part of a meter. Origin: Micro- + millimetre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Micromillimetre

micromethod
micromethods
micrometre
micrometre disk
micrometres
micrometric
micrometrical
micrometry
micromho
micromhos
micromicro-
micromicrogram
micromicron
micromillimeter
micromillimeters
micromillimetre (current term)
micromillimetres
micromineral
micromineralogy
microminerals
micromini
microminiature
microminiatures
microminiaturize
microminiaturized
microminiaturizes
microminiaturizing
microminis
micromirror
micromirrors

Literary usage of Micromillimetre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Physics: Including a Collection of Examples and Questions by William Watson (1920)
"and the micromillimetre, equal to a millionth of a millimetre ... The micron is> often indicated by the symbol p, and a micromillimetre by ft/t. ..."

2. A System of Physical Chemistry by William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis (1916)
"the radius of the rest being o'25 of one micromillimetre. Brownian movement was observed, especially among the smaller particles. ..."

3. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin: For the Use of Students and by James Nevins Hyde, Frank Hugh Montgomery (1897)
"Those recognized by Ducrey, of Naples,1 are short, thick bacilli measuring 1.46x0.50 micromillimetre. These observations were confirmed by Krefting, ..."

4. Photo-micrographs and how to make them by George Miller Sternberg (1883)
"... unit of measurement for the smallest microscopic objects is the micromillimetre, ... The micromillimetre is the one-thousandth part of a millimetre — ie ..."

5. The Microscope in Theory and Practice by Simon Schwendener (1892)
"Finally, as regards the means of denoting micrometric dimensions, we think that Harting-s proposal to use the micromillimetre (= -001 mm. ..."

6. Surgical Bacteriology by Nicholas Senn (1891)
"In the mucous membrane in man they attain the largest size, and measure 1.6 micromillimetre from pole to pole, while the width of each separate coccus is ..."

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