millihelen - meaning and definition. What is millihelen
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What (who) is millihelen - definition

HUMOROUS UNIT OF MEASUREMENT, DEFINED AS THE BEAUTY REQUIRED TO LAUNCH A THOUSAND SHIPS
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millihelen         
<unit, humour> The amount of beauty required to launch one ship. (2002-03-19)
Helen (unit)         
A helen is a humorous unit of measurement based on the concept that Helen of Troy, from the Iliad, had a "face that launched a thousand ships". The helen is thus used to measure quantities of beauty in terms of the theoretical action that could be accomplished by the wielder of such beauty.

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Helen (unit)

A helen is a humorous unit of measurement based on the concept that Helen of Troy, from the Iliad, had a "face that launched a thousand ships". The helen is thus used to measure quantities of beauty in terms of the theoretical action that could be accomplished by the wielder of such beauty.