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{{Short description|SI prefix denoting 10 to the -3rd power}}
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'''''Milli''''' (symbol '''m''') is a [[metric prefix|unit prefix]] in the [[metric system]] denoting a factor of one thousandth (10<sup>−3</sup>).<ref>{{cite journal
| url=https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-chapter-4-two-classes-si-units-and-si-prefixes
| title=Special Publication 811: NIST Guide to the SI, Chapter 4: The Two Classes of SI Units and the SI Prefixes
|author1=A. Thompson |author2=B. N. Taylor
| journal=NIST
| date=2009-07-02
| publisher=[[Physical Measurement Laboratory]]
| access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref> Proposed in 1793,<ref name="CTPM_1793">{{cite book
| title=Instruction abrégée sur les mesures déduites de la grandeur de la Terre; uniformes pour toute la Rêpublique, et sur les Calculs relatifs à leur division décimale
| author=Commission temporaire de Poids & Mesures rêpublicaines, En exécution des Décrets de la Convention Nationale
| publisher=De l´imprimerie nationale exécutive du Louvre
| edition=Edition originale
| location=Paris, France
| language=fr
| date=1793
| url=https://archive.org/details/instructionabreg00hauy
| access-date=2015-10-09}}</ref> and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the [[Latin]] {{lang|la|mille}}, meaning ''one thousand'' (the Latin plural is {{lang|la|milia}}). Since 1960, the prefix is part of the [[International System of Units]] (SI).

==See also==
* [[RKM code]]

==References==
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