millimeter

IPA: mˈɪɫʌmitɝ

US spelling of millimetre [An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a metre. Symbol: mm]

Examples of "millimeter" in Sentences

Even generally reliable "conversos" like Nick Cohen are in for it in a flash if they deviate by a millimeter from the standard narrative.
Directed by David Jones, the production oozes that solemn archness, often found in historical drama, that stops only a millimeter from the free-fall zone of camp.
Of 412 full-body scanners deployed so far, 191 at 30 airports use a different technology called millimeter wave, that uses electromagnetic waves instead of ionizing radiation.
You will obey my orders or — My wrist twitched and the scalpel sped the length of the room and thudded into a distant pillow — a scant millimeter from the shocked face of a crewman.
The most recent technology that's out there today, which is in several airports throughout the United States in a voluntary basis, uses what we call a millimeter wave system, which actually looks under the clothing of an individual.
The full body scanners, also known as millimeter wave scanners, are an obvious and very creepy violation of privacy and, despite what Homeland Security and the TSA are suggesting, the freakish naked images can, in fact, be saved and leaked.
The Amazing Amazon shouldn’t be a quarter-millimeter from a Janet Jackson moment, in my opinion, and compounding the issue is the presence of Vixen’s protruding sompin-sompin and Black Canary’s fishnetted how’s-your-uncle clearly in view on either side of the Princess, and I’m reminded of the hubbub over the Heroes for Hire cover.