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micronewton

micronewton noun: one millionth (10⁻⁶) of a newton.

Noun

micronewton (plural micronewtons)

  1. One millionth (10⁻⁶) of a newton.
    • The key ingredient to this model is the nucleation and growth of dislocation loops at loads of only tens of micronewtons.1995, W.W. Gerberich, S.K. Venkataraman, H. Huang, S.E. Harvey 1, D.L. Kohlstedt, “The injection of plasticity by millinewton contacts”, in Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, volume 43, number 4, →DOI...

Forms of micronewton

pluralmicronewtons

Origin of micronewton

From micro- + newton.

Questions about micronewton

What does micronewton mean?
Micronewton means one millionth (10⁻⁶) of a newton.
What part of speech is micronewton?
Micronewton is a noun.
What is the plural of micronewton?
The plural of micronewton is micronewtons.

Words near micronewton in the dictionary

  1. microneurotrophins
  2. microneurovascular
  3. microneutralisation
  4. microneutralization
  5. microneutralizations
  6. micronewton
  7. micronewtons
  8. micronic
  9. microniche
  10. microniches
  11. micronipple

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