"Milli-" is a metric prefix that means one thousandth, so a milliliter is one thousandth of a liter and a milligram is one thousandth of a gram. It's been part of the official international system of measurements since 1960, making it a standard way to describe small quantities in science, medicine, and everyday life.
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- numeric value
- 0.001
- different from
- Mili Atoll
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- m
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- Milli
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C48437
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Milli (symbole : m) est le préfixe du Système international d'unités qui multiplie par 10−3 (un millième) l'unité qui le suit. Par exemple, une milliseconde est égale à un millième de seconde, et un millimètre à un millième de mètre. Le préfixe milli- est tiré du latin mille (« mille »).Il a été adopté en 1795.
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