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micron
The Collaborative International Dictionary
micron \mic"ron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. mikro`s small.] (Physics) A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one millionth of a meter," 1892, coined 1880 in French from Greek mikron, neuter of mikros "small" (see mica).
Wiktionary
n. (context physics English) A unit of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.
WordNet
n. a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter [syn: micrometer]
Wikipedia
Micron can refer to:
- Micron, a non-SI name for micrometre (μm)
- Micron (wool), the measurement used to express the diameter of a wool fibre.
- Breve, a diacritic used to indicate a short vowel
- Micron or milli torr, a micrometre of mercury (μm Hg), a unit of pressure in vacuum engineering
- Micron Technology, a semiconductor manufacturer based in Boise, Idaho
- Alesis Micron, an analog-modelling synthesizer made by Alesis Studio Electronics
- Micron, a member of the future Justice League in the animated series Batman Beyond
- Micron (skate company), an ice skate and roller skate manufacturer
- Micron (journal), a scientific microscopy journal
- Micron, a unit used to measure time or distance in Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
Micron produced ice hockey equipment in the 1980s and were based in Canada. The company was eventually purchased by Bauer Hockey in 1994.
Micron is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of microscopy. It was established in 1969 and is published by Elsevier.
Usage examples of "micron".
There is no theoretical limit on the length of a buckytube, although current techniques produce samples only a few microns long.
Screw micrometers available at the time were not considered to resolve differences below 50 microns reliably.
Through and throughout the entire volume of volatilization Nadreck drove analyzers and detectors, until he knew positively that no particle of material substance larger in diameter than five microns remained of either Kandron or his space-ship.
Nissan Micra, but with a mud-covered registration plate, approached the home of ex-DCI Sullivan and a man no clear description got out of the car, approached the door and pushed a package through it.
They had floated the Nissan Micra off the rocks just a half an hour ago at high tide.
There were veins of micra, taut tendons of mineral splatter-ings, and a thousand, thousand eyes of warm, living gems, glowing from the walls, sullen in the light of a slowly licking fire.
A familiar little Nissan Micra with fat tyres pulled out in front of me and the sight of it raised my spirits.
Some tourist in a 02 Micra rental is executing a nine-point turn in the middle of the bloody road.
Chances are the house will be the best presented in its immediate surroundings, with cobble lock driveway, new windows, aspirational Doric columns supporting the porch extension, and a new Nissan Micra for her indoors.
Granada just as Susie was leapfrogging across the central courtyard in an L-plated Nissan Micra, gripping the steering-wheel in both hands, a frown of concentration on her face.
So when some blonde in a little Micra nipped out of a side street, causing him to brake slightly, his hand was instantly on it, pressing hard and keeping it down.
And it was only when my mum was waiting for Auntie Ethel to edge her Nissan Micra out of the drive that she turned to me.
They were between one micron and five microns across, the ideal size for a weaponized bioparticle.
Yet two hundred kilometers higher the wall was a diaphanously thin membrane only microns wide.
Also an industrial laser that can drill holes five to forty microns in diameter, a cerametal whisker grower, some Canada balsam or an equivalent syn-resin, another bottle of argon, and a new room-mate.