Sentences with 'millimetre'

Example sentences and phrases with the word millimetre and other words derived from it.


« While an atom measures 0.0000001 millimetre, one millimetre of thread holds 5,000,000 atoms. »
« According to Father Bartolomé de las Casas, everything on that voyage was calculated to the minute and to the millimetre. »
« The kinetoscope: Edison's machine consisted of a 35 millimetre wide celluloid film, perforated at the sides, which was passed in front of a light source by the impulse of small cogwheels. »
« The 90 bolts used in the new windshield were the wrong size, and proved too small by a fraction of a millimetre to secure it in a way that could withstand the cabin pressure. It was inevitable that it would come off. »

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