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submicron

submicron adjective: smaller than micron-scale.

Adjective

submicron

  1. Smaller than micron-scale
    Synonyms:
    submicronic

Noun

submicron (plural submicrons)

  1. A unit smaller than a micron.

Synonyms of submicron

Forms of submicron

pluralsubmicrons

Origin of submicron

From sub- + micron.

Questions about submicron

What does submicron mean?
Submicron means smaller than micron-scale.
What part of speech is submicron?
Submicron can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near submicron in the dictionary

  1. submicrometer
  2. submicrometers
  3. submicrometre
  4. submicrometric
  5. submicromolar
  6. submicron
  7. submicronic
  8. submicrons
  9. submicroparticle
  10. submicroparticles
  11. submicroscale

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