micron

See also: micrón and mícron

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹɒn/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French micron, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μικρόν (mikrón), neuter of μικρός (mikrós, “small”).

Noun

micron (plural microns)

1. (physics) The thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.
   • 2009, Jonathan Amos, (bbc.co.uk) Satellites weigh California water

     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).

2. (figurative) A very tiny amount.

Synonyms

• micrometre, micrometer

Derived terms

• micronise, micronize

Translations

micrometer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微米 (zh) (wéimǐ)

• Czech: mikron (cs) m
• Finnish: mikroni (fi), mikrometri (fi)
• French: micron (fr) m
• German: Mikron n
• Greek: μικρόν (el) n (mikrón)
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• Japanese: ミクロン (mikuron)
• Korean: 미크론 (mikeuron)
• Latvian: mikrons m
• Portuguese: mícron m, micrómetro m (Portugal), micrômetro m (Brazil)
• Russian: микро́н (ru) m (mikrón)
• Spanish: micrón (es) m
• Thai: ไมครอน

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μικρόν (mikrón), neuter of μικρός (mikrós, “small”).

Noun

micron (plural microns)

1. (linguistics) Synonym of breve

Synonyms

• breve

Antonyms

• macron

Anagrams

• C minor

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French

Noun

micron m (uncountable)

1. micron