Definitions for micron

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micron mi·cron

Spelling: [mahy-kron]

IPA: /ˈmaɪ krɒn/

Micron is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in micron (cimnor).

Definitions for micron

noun

1. Also called micrometer. the millionth part of a meter. Symbol: μ, mu.
2. Physical Chemistry. a colloidal particle whose diameter is between 0.2 and 10 microns.
3. Physics. a very small unit of pressure, equal to that exerted by a column of mercury 1μ high.

Origin of micron

1880-85; Greek mīkrón a little, noun use of neuter singular of mīkrós small; see -on¹

Examples for micron

Their size is measured by the unit used in the microscope, called the micron, which is about 1⁄25000 of one inch.

The man who studies bacteria measures by the micron, 25,000 of which go to the inch.

But with the destruction of the planet an almost certainty, the collective nervous system was just one micron away from explosion.

Most of the particles generated by burning wood are smaller than one micron—a size believed to be most damaging to our lungs.

This unit is the one-thousandth part of a millimeter and is called the micro-millimeter or micron.