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mi·crom·e·ter
mī-ˈkrä-mə-tər 
1
: an instrument used with a telescope or microscope for measuring minute distances
2
: a caliper for making precise measurements that has a spindle moved by a finely threaded screw
mi·cro·me·ter
ˈmī-krō-ˌmē-tər
: a unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
called also micron
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2024
Ultrafine particles are aerosols less than 0.1 micrometers, or 100 nanometers, in diameter — about one-thousandth the width of a human hair.
—Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
These particles have a diameter of 2.5 micrometers and are usually invisible to the naked eye.
—Lisa Wood Shapiro, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
The package takes tiny input/output connections on the silicon chip—ranging from 1 to 50 micrometers wide—and fans them out to the PCB’s 500-µm scale.
—Puneet Gupta, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2019
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Noun
For now, the team has only printed tiny samples with a diameter of 3 centimeters, a length of 7 centimeters and a resolution of 15 micrometers, per New Scientist.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2024
Ultrafine particles are aerosols less than 0.1 micrometers, or 100 nanometers, in diameter — about one-thousandth the width of a human hair.
—Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
These particles have a diameter of 2.5 micrometers and are usually invisible to the naked eye.
—Lisa Wood Shapiro, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
The package takes tiny input/output connections on the silicon chip—ranging from 1 to 50 micrometers wide—and fans them out to the PCB’s 500-µm scale.
—Puneet Gupta, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2019
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“Micrometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/micrometer. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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micrometer
1 of 2 noun
mi·crom·e·ter
mī-ˈkräm-ət-ər
1
: an instrument used with a telescope or microscope for measuring very small distances
micrometry
noun
-ˈkräm-ə-trē
micrometer
2 of 2 noun
mi·cro·me·ter
ˈmī-krō-ˌmēt-ər
: a unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
Medical Definition
micrometer
1 of 2 noun
mi·crom·e·ter
mī-ˈkräm-ət-ər
: an instrument used with a telescope or microscope for measuring minute distances
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