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micron

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ma?k??n/

Etymology 1

From French micron, from Ancient Greek ?????? (mikrón), neuter of ?????? (mikrós, “small”).

Noun

micron (plural microns)

  1. (physics) The thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.
    • 2009, Jonathan Amos, (bbc.co.uk) Satellites weigh California water
      As one spacecraft lurches and drags through the Earth's uneven gravity field, the second follows 210 km behind, measuring changes in their separation to the nearest micron (a thousandth of a millimetre).
  2. (figuratively) A very tiny amount.
Synonyms
  • micrometre, micrometer
Derived terms
  • micronise, micronize
Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ?????? (mikrón), neuter of ?????? (mikrós, “small”).

Noun

micron (plural microns)

  1. (linguistics) Synonym of breve
Synonyms
  • breve
Antonyms
  • macron

Anagrams

  • C minor

Italian

Etymology

French

Noun

micron m (invariable)

  1. micron

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micrometre

English

Alternative forms

  • (US) micrometer

Etymology

micro- +? metre

Noun

micrometre (plural micrometres)

  1. An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of one millionth of a metre. Symbol: µm, um, rm

Synonyms

  • (obsolete) micron

Translations

Anagrams

  • micrometer

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