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micronewtons

micronewtons is the plural of micronewton.

Meaning of micronewton

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...

Questions about micronewtons

What is micronewtons the plural of?
Micronewtons is the plural of micronewton.

Words near micronewtons in the dictionary

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

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