milligrade

Adjective

 * 1)  Based on a division into 1000 degrees.
 * 2) * 1875, "Introduction", in, Louis Siebold, editor, Year-book of Pharmacy [1875], British Pharmaceutical Conference, page 14:
 * A new and ingenious thermometric scale has been constructed by Mr. John Williams, by dividing the interval between the freezing and boiling points of mercury into 1000 degrees. The freezing point of water would thus be 100°, and its boiling point 350°, and five milligrade degrees would be equal to two degrees C.