Millimeter to Meter Converter

Millimeter

The millimeter (symbol: mm) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a meter. Meter, as you know, is the SI base unit of length. Therefore, there are one thousand millimeters in a meter. There are ten millimeters in a centimeter.

One millimeter is equal to 1000 micrometers or 1000000 nanometers. Since an inch is officially defined as exactly 25.4 millimeters, a millimeter is equal to exactly 5⁄127 (≈ 0.03937) of an inch.

The millimeter is often used in day-to-day life for measuring small lengths. For example, pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). A sheet of paper is typically between 0.07 mm and 0.18 mm thick, with ordinary printer paper or copy paper approximately 0.1 mm thick. More information

Meter

The meter is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The SI unit symbol is m.

Definition of a meter: The meter is currently defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299792458 of a second. This definition was adopted in 1983.

One meter is exactly equivalent to 5000/127 inches and to 1250/1143 yards.

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