milli-
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin mille (“thousand”), via French.
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milli-
- In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, one-thousandth of the unit to which it is prefixed; that is, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-3. Symbol: m
- Example: milligram
- thousand; one-thousandth
- Example: millipede
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[edit] Translations
- Bulgarian: мили- (bg)
- Chinese: 毫- (háo-) (1)
- Czech: mili- (cs)
- French: milli- (fr)
- Italian: milli- (1)
- Japanese: ミリ- (ja) (miri-)
- Russian: милли- (ru) (milli-)
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Finnish
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milli-
[edit] French
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milli-
- thousand
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[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmili/
- Hyphenation: mil‧li
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milli-
- milli-
- méter (“meter”) → milliméter (“millimeter”)
[edit] See also
[edit] Italian
[edit] Prefix
milli-
- milli- (multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-3)
