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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MILLIM'ETER, n. [L. mille, a thousand, and metrum, a measure.]
A French lineal measure containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 decimals of an inch. It is the least measure of length.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter [syn: millimeter, millimetre, mm]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French millimètre, from milli- + mètre meter Date: 1797 — see metric system table

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Millimeter Mil"li*me`ter, Millimetre Mil"li*me`tre, n. [F. millim[`e]tre; milli- milli- + m[`e]tre. See 3d Meter.] A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter.