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The millimetre
Millimetre

The millimetre is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the current International System of Units SI base unit of length....
 (American spelling
American English

PhonologyIn many ways, compared to English language in England, North American English is conservative in its phonology. Some distinctive accents can be found on the East Coast of the United States , partly because these areas were in contact with England, and imitated prestigious varieties of English English at a time when those varieties we...
: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit
Units of measurement

The definition, agreement and practical use of units of measurement have played a crucial role in human endeavour from early ages up to this day....
 of length
Length

Length is the long dimension of any object. The length of a thing is the distance between its ends, its linear extent as measured from end to end....
 in the metric system
Metric system

The metric system is an international decimalised systems of measurement, founded by France in 1791, that is the common system of Unit of measurement used by most of the world....
, equal to one thousandth of a metre
Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....
, which is the current SI
International System of Units

The International System of Units is the modern form of the metric system and is generally a system devised around the convenience of the number ten....
 base unit
SI base unit

The International System of Units defines seven dimensional analysis SI base units. All other physical units can be derived from these base units: these are known as SI derived units....
 of length.








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The millimetre
Millimetre

The millimetre is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the current International System of Units SI base unit of length....
 (American spelling
American English

PhonologyIn many ways, compared to English language in England, North American English is conservative in its phonology. Some distinctive accents can be found on the East Coast of the United States , partly because these areas were in contact with England, and imitated prestigious varieties of English English at a time when those varieties we...
: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit
Units of measurement

The definition, agreement and practical use of units of measurement have played a crucial role in human endeavour from early ages up to this day....
 of length
Length

Length is the long dimension of any object. The length of a thing is the distance between its ends, its linear extent as measured from end to end....
 in the metric system
Metric system

The metric system is an international decimalised systems of measurement, founded by France in 1791, that is the common system of Unit of measurement used by most of the world....
, equal to one thousandth of a metre
Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....
, which is the current SI
International System of Units

The International System of Units is the modern form of the metric system and is generally a system devised around the convenience of the number ten....
 base unit
SI base unit

The International System of Units defines seven dimensional analysis SI base units. All other physical units can be derived from these base units: these are known as SI derived units....
 of length.

Unicode symbols
Unicode Symbols

In computing, in addition to encoding characters for the various writing systems used throughout the World, Unicode also devotes several blocks of characters to symbols that have a well-defined place in plain text....

For the purposes of compatibility with Chinese
Chinese character

A Chinese character, also known as a Han character , is a logogram used in writing Chinese language ,'' Japanese language ,'' less frequently Korean language ,'' and formerly Vietnamese language .''...
, Japanese
Japanese language

IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
 and Korean
Korean language

Korean is the official language of North Korea and South Korea. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China....
 (CJK
CJK

CJK is a collective term for Chinese language, Japanese language, and Korean language, which constitute the main East Asian languages. The term is used in the field of software and communications internationalization....
) characters, Unicode
Unicode

Unicode is a computing industry standard allowing computers to consistently represent and manipulate Character expressed in most of the world's writing systems....
 has symbols for:
  • millimetre - code 339C
  • square millimetre - code 339F
  • cubic millimetre - code 33A3


They are useful only with East Asian fixed-width CJK
CJK

CJK is a collective term for Chinese language, Japanese language, and Korean language, which constitute the main East Asian languages. The term is used in the field of software and communications internationalization....
 fonts, because they are equal in size to one Chinese character
Chinese character

A Chinese character, also known as a Han character , is a logogram used in writing Chinese language ,'' Japanese language ,'' less frequently Korean language ,'' and formerly Vietnamese language .''...
.

See also

  • 1 E-3 m
    1 E-3 m

    Image:Length one to ten scale.svg|110px|right|Click on the top for smaller lengths and on the bottom for larger lengthspoly 0 0 20 20 0 20 1 micrometre...
  • SI
    Si

    Si, si, or SI may refer to :...
  • SI prefix
    SI prefix

    An SI prefix is a name or associated symbol that precedes a basic unit of measure to form a decimal multiple . The abbreviation SI is from the French language name Syst?me International d?Unit?s ....
  • Metric system
    Metric system

    The metric system is an international decimalised systems of measurement, founded by France in 1791, that is the common system of Unit of measurement used by most of the world....
  • Orders of magnitude (length)
    Orders of magnitude (length)

    To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following list describes various lengths between 1.6 m and 1.3 m.|}Detailed List...
  • Conversion of units
    Conversion of units

    Conversion of units refers to conversion factors between different units of measurement for the same quantity....
    , for comparison with other units of length


References