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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One thousandth of a degree.

   "The cryogenic system will not be affected by temperature fluctuations of a few millidegrees."

2. 2
   a unit of temperature equal to one-thousandth of a degree wordnet

Example

More examples

"The cryogenic system will not be affected by temperature fluctuations of a few millidegrees."

Etymology

From milli- + degree.

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