per mille

Also known as per mil, per mill, permil, permill, permille, ‰, permillage, millage

unit for parts per thousand

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Per mille is a unit of measurement that expresses parts per thousand, similar to how a percentage expresses parts per hundred. It matters because it allows precise measurement of very small quantities or concentrations, particularly useful in fields like chemistry, environmental science, and salinity measurements where such fine-scale precision is needed.

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conversion to standard unit: 100
Commons category: Per mille
unit symbol: ‰
conversion to SI unit: 0.001
Unicode character: ‰
numeric value: 0.001
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The phrase per mille (from Latin per mīlle 'in each thousand') indicates parts per thousand. The associated symbol is ‰, similar to a per cent sign % but with an extra zero in the divisor.

Major dictionaries do not agree on the spelling, giving other options of per mil, per mill, permil, permill, and permille.