micron
/ˈmaɪkɹɒn/
micron noun: synonym of micrometre (“one-millionth of a metre”).
Noun (1)
micron (plural microns)
- Synonym of micrometre (“one-millionth of a metre”).
- 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).2009, Jonathan Amos, (bbc.co.uk) Satellites weigh California water
- The microcannon was seen moving at about a micron per second, it was about 15 microns long, and the high speed photograph was done in water (density of 1 kg/L, viscosity of about 0.001 pascal seconds).2018 February 28, Alexander Klotz, “Microcannons firing Nanobullets”, in Softbites
- Synonyms:
- micrometre
- A very tiny amount.
Noun (2)
micron (plural microns)
micron meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Thai
micron in Tamil
- மைக்கிரன், மைக்ரான், மைக்ரான் அளவு
micron in Bengali
- মাইক্রন
micron in Telugu
- micron
- మైక్రోమీటరు maikrōmīṭaru
micron in Thai
- micrometer
- ไมครอน
Examples of micron in a sentence
- Grinding sometimes involves tight tolerances on the order of a few microns.
- Any N95 respirator is designed to filter out 95 percent of particles 0.3 microns or larger.
- They keep 8-micron and 12-micron shimstock handy when they're evaluating the occlusion.
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Forms of micron
| plural | microns |
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Origin of micron
From French micron, from Ancient Greek μικρόν (mikrón), neuter of μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
From Ancient Greek μικρόν (mikrón), neuter of μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
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Questions about micron
- What does micron mean?
- Micron means synonym of micrometre (“one-millionth of a metre”).
- What is micron in Tamil?
- Micron in Tamil is மைக்கிரன், மைக்ரான், மைக்ரான் அளவு. See Micron meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is micron?
- Micron is a noun.
- How do you pronounce micron?
- Micron is pronounced /ˈmaɪkɹɒn/.
- What is the plural of micron?
- The plural of micron is microns.
Words near micron in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: micron (page history and authors); micron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); micron (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); మైక్రోమీటరు (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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