milli-
Tiny measurement prefix
Milli- is a prefix meaning one-thousandth of a unit: a millimeter is a thousandth of a meter, a millisecond a thousandth of a second, a milligram a thousandth of a gram.
The prefix derives from Latin mille (thousand) and appears throughout metric measurement.
In casual speech, milli- sometimes just suggests something very small: Give me a millisecond to think.
Standard of measurement
- SIUniversal measurement framework
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
- unitIndividual part or measure
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
calibration · instrument · scale · decimal · thousandth · fraction · subdivision · quantification
Current measurement unit
- millihenryInductance unit, one-thousandth
- milliradianOne-thousandth radian unit
- millifaradCapacitance unit, thousandth-scale
- milliohmOne-thousandth ohm unit
Concerning thousand-year cycles
- millionOne thousand thousands
- milletSmall-seeded food crop
- millinerDesigner of women's headwear
- Milli VanilliFraudulent vocal duo
metric
Standard of measurement
precision · calibration · instrument · scale · decimal · thousandth · fraction · subdivision · quantification · laboratory
milliampere
Current measurement unit
- millihenryInductance unit, one-thousandth
- milliradianOne-thousandth radian unit
- millifaradCapacitance unit, thousandth-scale
millennial
Concerning thousand-year cycles
Milli Vanilli · Millie · millinery · milliamp
- Millennium FalconCorellian freighter spacecraft
- millennium bugDate-coding flaw in software
- nine millimeterHandgun cartridge diameter
- Millennium StadiumCardiff's national sports ground
- square millimeterMetric area unit, tiny
millennium, millimeter, millipede, millisecond, milliliter, milligram, millimetre, millibar, millivolt