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Micron

//ˈmaɪkɹɒn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of micrometre (“one-millionth of a metre”).

    "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. 2
    Synonym of breve.
  3. 3
    a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter wordnet
  4. 4
    A very tiny amount. figuratively

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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