{{Short description|SI prefix denoting 10 to the -3rd power}} {{Wiktionary|milli-}} {{Redirect|Milli}} '''''Milli''''' (symbol '''m''') is a 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
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