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The prefix "milli-" originates from the Latin word "mille," which means "thousand." In the metric system, "milli-" denotes a factor of one-thousandth (1/1000). Therefore, a millimeter (mm) is one-thousandth of a meter. This prefix is commonly used in various measurements across the metric system.

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