Definitions
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- (Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.) A prefix denoting a thousandth part of.
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- prefix In the
International System of Units and othermetric systems of units, one-thousandth of the unit to which it is prefixed; that is, multiplying theunit to which it is attached by 10-3. Symbol: m. - prefix
thousand ; one-thousandth.
Etymologies
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From Latin mille ("thousand"), via French.
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