Associations to the word «Micron»

Wiktionary

MICRON, noun. (physics) A unit of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.
MICRON, noun. (linguistics) Synonym of breve.

Dictionary definition

MICRON, noun. A metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter.

Wise words

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