mm−1\text{mm}^{-1}

per millimeter

Wavenumberexact by definition

The reciprocal millimetre is 10³ m⁻¹. It is the unit of spatial frequency in imaging and of grating rulings, and it is the natural unit whenever a periodic structure has a pitch measured in millimetres or fractions of one.

1 mm−1\text{mm}^{-1} 1,000 m−1\text{m}^{-1}

One per millimeter in every wavenumber unit

1,000,000per kilometer (km⁻¹)
1,000per meter (m⁻¹)
304.8per foot (ft⁻¹)
25.4per inch (in⁻¹)
10per centimeter (kayser) (cm⁻¹)
1per millimeter (mm⁻¹)this unit
1line pairs per millimeter (lp/mm)
0.001per micrometer (μm⁻¹)
0.000001per nanometer (nm⁻¹)
1.00000e-07per angstrom (Å⁻¹)