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  2. Thousandth of an inch - Wikipedia

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    A thousandth of an inch is a derived unit of length in a system of units using inches. Equal to 1 ⁄ 1000 of an inch, a thousandth is commonly called a thou / ˈ θ aʊ / (used for both singular and plural) or, particularly in North America, a mil (plural mils). The words are shortened forms of the English and Latin words for "thousand" (mille ...

  3. Names of small numbers - Wikipedia

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    One One-Thousandth: milli-m: 10 −6: 1×10 −6: One One-Millionth: micro-

  4. Millimetre - Wikipedia

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    Different lengths as in respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the metre and its derived scales.The microwave is between 1 meter to 1 millimeter.. The millimetre (international spelling; SI unit symbol mm) or millimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length.

  5. Metric prefix - Wikipedia

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    The prefix milli-, likewise, may be added to metre to indicate division by one thousand; one millimetre is equal to one thousandth of a metre. Decimal multiplicative prefixes have been a feature of all forms of the metric system, with six of these dating back to the system's introduction in the 1790s. Metric prefixes have also been used with ...

  6. Inch - Wikipedia

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    A fire hydrant marked as 3-inch. The inch (symbol: <3 or ″) is a unit of length in the British Imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement.It is equal to ⁠ 1 / 36 ⁠ yard or ⁠ 1 / 12 ⁠ of a foot.

  7. Micrometer (device) - Wikipedia

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    The result will be the diameter expressed in thousandths of an inch. As the numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., appear below every fourth sub-division on the sleeve, indicating hundreds of thousandths, the reading can easily be taken.

  8. Picometre - Wikipedia

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    The picometre is one thousand femtometres, one thousandth of a nanometre (⁠ 1 / 1000 ⁠ nm), one millionth of a micrometre (also known as a micron), one billionth of a millimetre, and one trillionth of a metre. [2] The symbol μμ was once used for it. [3] It is also one hundredth of an ångström, an internationally known (but non-SI) unit ...

  9. Rounding - Wikipedia

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    The problem was caused by the index being recalculated thousands of times daily, and always being truncated (rounded down) to 3 decimal places, in such a way that the rounding errors accumulated. Recalculating the index for the same period using rounding to the nearest thousandth rather than truncation corrected the index value from 524.811 up ...