ミリmiri
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- prefixmilli-; 10^-3
- nounmillimetre; millimeter
- SynonymミリメータNeutralLoanword full form for millimeter; in speech it is usually clipped to 「ミリ」.
- RelatedミリメートルWrittenKanji spelling for millimeter; a written form rarely seen today — people normally write 「ミリ」 or 「mm」.
- RelatedmmNeutralFull-width symbol spelling for millimeter, seen mostly in Japanese typesetting.
- RelatedmmNeutralHalf-width symbol spelling for millimeter, the form used in spec sheets.
- AntonymキロNeutralPrefix meaning thousand, as in kilogram or kilometer — the opposite of 「ミリ」, which marks one-thousandth.
For millimeter or one-thousandth use 「ミリ」, as in 「5ミリ」; spec sheets write 「mm」, and the formal full form is 「ミリメートル」. For a thousand — kilogram, kilometer — say 「キロ」.
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