submillimeter

English

Alternative forms

• submillimetre

Etymology

• sub- +‎ millimeter

Adjective

submillimeter (not comparable)

1. (sciences) Less than a millimeter in size.

Derived terms

• submillimeter galaxy
• submillimeter wave radiation

 

Noun

submillimeter (plural submillimeters)

1. (sciences) A unit or measurement that is less than a millimeter.
   • 2022, Fouad Sabry, Brain Reading:

     The sizes vary from four to five millimeters, or with laminar resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging (lfMRI), to submillimeters.

Anagrams

• submillimetre