different between omicron vs micron

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ? ?????? (ò mikrón).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??m.?.?k??n/, /??m??k??n/, /?o?.m?.?k??n/, /??m.?.k??n/, /??m?k??n/, /?o?.m?.k??n/

Noun

omicron (plural omicrons or omicra)

1. The 15th letter of Classical and Modern Greek, and the 16th in Ancient and Old Greek.

Translations

Anagrams

• moronic, oncomir

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.mi.k???/, /?.mi.k??n/

Noun

omicron m (plural omicron or omicrons)

1. omicron (Greek letter)

Usage notes

The plural form omicrons is a product of the 1990 spelling reforms.

Further reading

• “omicron” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

omicron m (invariable)

1. omicron (Greek letter)

Anagrams

• cromino

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