millimetre
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Later in the Games, Austria's Daniel Tschofenig was disqualified from the men's large hill individual event for wearing oversized boots - that were just four millimetres larger than the rules permitted.
From BBC
The 2025 World Cup champion was found to be wearing boots that were four millimetres larger than the rules permitted.
From BBC
Not those hairline millimetre is he on or off line drawing nonsense situations.
From BBC
There is a fine line between success and failure in winter sports, where a few millimetres when landing difficult tricks on snow can make the difference between a medal or serious injury.
From BBC
Kostas Lagouvardos, research director at the National Observatory in Athens, said the "extreme" weather phenomenon had dumped up to 170 millimetres of rain on the capital.
From Barron's
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