millimetre

noun/ˈmɪlɪmiːtər/

Frequency rank: #18,703 most common English word

Meaning

A unit of length equal to one thousandth of a metre.

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Example sentence

The surgeon made millimetre precise incision of just a few millimetres in the patient's skin.

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