MILLIM'ETER, noun [Latin mille, a thousand, and metrum, a measure.]
A French lineal measure containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to.03937 decimals of an inch. It is the least measure of length.
Webster's Dictionary 1828
MILLIM'ETER, noun [Latin mille, a thousand, and metrum, a measure.]
A French lineal measure containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to.03937 decimals of an inch. It is the least measure of length.