Milli

Japanese: ミリ

[1] [Milli-] A word placed before metric units to express one thousandth of a unit. *Beio Kairan Jikki (1877) (Kume Kunitake) Example: "For each tens place, the Greek words 'deca' (ten), 'hecto' (one hundred), 'kilo' (one thousand), and the Latin words 'deci' (one tenth), 'centi' (one hundredth), and 'milli' (one thousandth ) are added to distinguish them." [2] [Noun] ① Abbreviation of "millimeter." [Physics Academic Terms Japanese-English- French-German Bilingual Dictionary (1888)] ② Abbreviation of "milligram." *Stomai Tsunbo (1956) (Ohara Tomie) "By taking 100 milligrams of vitamin C every day."

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Japanese:

[1] 〘語素〙 (milli-) メートル法の諸単位の上に付けて、その千分の一を表わす語。※米欧回覧実記（1877）〈久米邦武〉例言「毎十位に『デカ』〈十〉『ヘクト』〈百〉『キロ』〈千〉の希臘語を加へ、其小数は『デシ』〈十分一〉『サンチ』〈百分一〉『ミリ』〈千分一〉の羅甸(ラテン)語を加へて、之を分別す」[2] 〘名〙① 「ミリメートル」の略。〔物理学術語和英仏独対訳字書（1888）〕② 「ミリグラム」の略。※ストマイつんぼ（1956）〈大原富枝〉「毎日うつビタミンＣの百ミリによって」

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