micron (redirected from microns)

mi·cron also mi·kron  (mkrn)

n. pl. mi·crons or mi·cra (-kr) also mi·krons or mi·kra (-kr)

A unit of length equal to one millionth (10^-6) of a meter. No longer in technical use.

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[From Greek mkron, neuter of mkros, small.]

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micron [ˈmaɪkrɒn]

n pl -crons, -cra [-krə]

(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a unit of length equal to 10^-6 metre. It is being replaced by the micrometre, the equivalent SI unit

[New Latin, from Greek mikros small]

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micron  (mkrn)

See micrometer².

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

micron - a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter micrometer metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric terms micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm - a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter millimeter, millimetre, mm - a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter

Translations

micron [ˈmaɪkrɒn] N (microns or micra (pl)) [ˈmaɪkrə] → micrón m

micron

n → Mikron nt, → Mikrometer m or nt