A unit of length equal to one millionth (10 -6) of a meter. No longer in technical use.
[From Greek mīkron, neuter of mīkros, small.]
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[From Greek mīkron, neuter of mīkros, small.]
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One micrometer, which is one millionth of a meter or approximately 1/25,000 of an inch. The tiny elements that make up a transistor on a chip are measured in micrometers and nanometers. See process technology.
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length. Symbol μ. (Metric) An SI-deprecated name for what is the micrometre; 10-6 m = 1 μm.
| 1879 | CIPM: introduced |
| 1890s | symbol μ adopted |
| 1948 | 9th CGPM: confirmed |
| 1967-68 | 13th CGPM: ‘decides…to remove…the unit name “micron” and the symbol “μ” which had been given to that unit but which has now become a prefix.’see note below |
pressure From the above, equals 1 μm of mercury (0.133 322 4~ Pa).
| Architecture: micron |
A unit of length equal to a thousandth part of a millimeter or a millionth of a meter.
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Pl. micra, microns [Gr.] micrometer; one thousandth (10−3) of a millimeter or one millionth (10−6) of a meter; abbreviated μm.
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Nederlands (Dutch)
micron (een miljoenste meter)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Mikrometer
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εκατομμυριοστόμετρο, μικρό(ν) (1/1000000 του μέτρου)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - mícron (m) (Fís.)
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
微米
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 微米
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 마이크론(100만분의 1미터)
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الميكرون جزء من ألف من المليمتر
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אלפית המטר, מיקרון
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