different between millimeter vs metrics

English

Alternative forms

• millimetre (UK)
• millimètre (rare)

Etymology

From French millimètre, as if milli- +? meter.

Pronunciation

Noun

millimeter (plural millimeters)

1. (American spelling) An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of 1/1000 of a meter. Symbol: mm

Translations

Further reading

• millimeter at OneLook Dictionary Search
• millimeter, millimetre at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

• millimetre, millimètre

Danish

Etymology

milli- +? meter

Noun

millimeter c (singular definite millimeteren, plural indefinite millimeter)

1. millimetre, or millimeter (US) (SI unit of length)

Declension

References

• “millimeter” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

milli- +? meter

Pronunciation

Noun

millimeter

1. millimeter

Further reading

• “millimeter” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

millimeter m (definite singular millimeteren, indefinite plural millimeter, definite plural millimeterne)

1. a millimetre, or millimeter (US) (SI unit of length)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

millimeter m (definite singular millimeteren, indefinite plural millimeter, definite plural millimeterane or millimetrane)

1. a millimetre, or millimeter (US) (SI unit of length)

Swedish

Etymology

milli- +? meter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l??me?t?r/, /?m?l?me?t?r/

Noun

millimeter c

1. a millimetre

Usage notes

Indefinite form plural could also be millimetrar/millimetrars

Declension

Derived terms

• ha millimetrarna på sin sida

Further reading

• millimeter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Noun

metrics

1. plural of metric

Noun

metrics (uncountable)

1. The study of metrical verse.
2. The statistical analysis of data sets or big data.
3. The theory of measurement.

Verb

metrics

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metric

Translations