(n.) Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
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Millimetre
Definition:
(n.) A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Medical and surgical therapy will be adapted to this millimetric scale.
(2) Seven incontrovertible arguments show that the only valid measurement unit for elastic stockings is the millimetre of mercury and not a grading system.
(3) Blood rheologic properties (blood and plasma viscosity, packed cell volume, erythrocyte aggregation rate and deformability) were examined in 40 patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers during a relapse and after treatment with millimetric electromagnetic waves (21) and medication (19).
(4) However, although the former have larger tuberculin reactions, the difference is still so small (of the order of a few millimetres) that the tuberculin reaction cannot be used in practice to differentiate the two groups.
(5) An ultrasound Doppler system capable of measuring flow velocities of one millimetre per second in the presence of one thousand times stronger interfering signals is described, as well as test results using both thread and flow phantoms.
(6) Their axon and its collaterals were very fine and sometimes measured several millimetres.
(7) Unless they are furnished with an adequate blood supply and a means of disposing of their waste products by a mechanism other than diffusion, solid tumours cannot grow beyond a few millimetres in diameter.
(8) When measuring ridge reduction, the standard deviation was 0.21 millimetres.
(9) If the balloon diameter exceeds the measured vessel diameter by 1 or 1.5 millimetres, vessel overdilatation may reach up to 70% of the original size.
(10) The number of intraepithelial T lymphocytes per millimetre of surface epithelium was significantly higher in untreated than in treated CD patients or controls; it was also significantly higher in specimens with epithelial DP expression than in those without.
(11) This program was added to the software of a GE 8800 CT scanner to perform the following operations: millimetre precise calculation and display of the rectilinear coordinates of a target identified on axial CT images; preplotting of phantom target trajectories on the CT images or electronic radiographs; calculation of probe angles required to achieve various trajectories; display of a coordinate scale on each CT image to allow direct target determination without mathematical calculations; calculation of the intercommissural plane for functional neurosurgery.
(12) The polar recesses, superior and inferior to lumbar facet joints, are filled by fat pads from which fat-filled synovial folds project between the articular surfaces for a distance of two to four millimetres.
(13) In Awassi sheep, the total number of wool follicles per square millimetre was affected significantly by age, sex, and type of birth.
(14) The average numbers of microfilariae and onchocercal punctate opacities per square millimetre were assessed.
(15) It was two millimetres or more in radiocarpal joint and it got bigger in dorsal and smaller in volar flexion.
(16) With a thickness of less than one thousandth of a millimetre, the “glass” (it’s really a film) transmits light visible to the human eye, while selectively capturing and converting ultraviolet and near-infrared light into electricity to power a mobile device and extend its battery life.
(17) Shortening of 15 to 20 millimetres at the fracture site was well compensated for by accelerated growth.
(18) The technique and instruments of PAP, Krompecher and Jaros allow a precise preparation of the femoral head, acetabulum, femoral condyles and tibial plateau in the donor and recipient for the application of homograft transplants of joint articular surfaces of 5 millimetre thickness.
(19) Nearly two-thirds of the patients had overgrowth of the femur of 10 millimetres or more.
(20) Lukaku was millimetres from connecting with Deulofeu’s inviting cross to the far post while another Everton substitute, the impressive Muhamed Besic, drew a finger-tip save from Lloris with a volley from 18 yards.