different between millimeter vs micrometeorite

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

Etymology

micro- +? meteorite (micro- +? meteor +? -ite)

Noun

micrometeorite (plural micrometeorites)

1. an extraterrestrial particle, less than a millimeter in size, that has survived entry into the atmosphere without melting

Translations

Related terms

• micrometeoroid

Italian

Etymology

micro- +? meteorite

Noun

micrometeorite m (plural micrometeoriti)

1. micrometeorite