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Comment author: thomblake 03 November 2011 04:20:14PM * 0 points [-]

The American customary system doesn't as far as I know have a general-use length unit in the millimeter range.

Nope, the equivalent unit is x/2^n inches.

For example, metric wrenches might be 4mm or12mm, while "standard" (imperial) might be 5/32'' or 1/2''.