Dictionary entry

Millimeter

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Mil″li‐me′ter, Mil″li‐me′tre } (?), n. [F. millimètre; milli- milli- + mètre. See 3d Meter.] A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to.03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter.