A prefix meaning one-thousandth (1/1,000 or 10-3)
Example: a millimeter is 1/1,000th of a meter (in other words 1,000 millimeters make 1 meter)
Symbol is m (as a prefix, otherwise "m" means meter)
Examples:
12 ms = 12 milliseconds = 12 thousandths of a second (0.012 s)
95 mm = 12 millimeters = 95 thousandths of a meter (0.095 m)
Example: a millimeter is 1/1,000th of a meter (in other words 1,000 millimeters make 1 meter)
Symbol is m (as a prefix, otherwise "m" means meter)
Examples:
12 ms = 12 milliseconds = 12 thousandths of a second (0.012 s)
95 mm = 12 millimeters = 95 thousandths of a meter (0.095 m)
See: Centi-
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