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- noun Plural form of
millimeter .
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Examples
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The exit pupil of an optical device is calculated by dividing the diameter of the objective, in millimeters, by the power of magnification.
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The twilight factor of an optical device is found by multiplying the diameter, in millimeters again, of the objective by the power of magnification and determining the squaree root of this number.
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Hayden's pickoff was the first of his two-year career and came within millimeters of being denied.
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There I sat, one hand on the wheel, one hand only millimeters from the radio knob, eyes on the road and my brain locked down.
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There I sat, one hand on the wheel, one hand only millimeters from the radio knob, eyes on the road and my brain locked down.
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An especially impressive quality of the fully multicoated Nikon is its exceptionally high twilight factor of 24.5 (calculated by multiplying the power by the objective diameter, in millimeters, and then extracting the square root).
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Growth is measured in millimeters, not inches, after you’ve trained for a few years.
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And max, 100 millimeters, which is enough in -- in saturated areas.
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Only about 6 millimeters, that is the only thing that has been reported.
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Annual rainfall averages from 640 to 760 millimeters, which is slightly more than in the Thar Desert.
Indus Valley desert 2008
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