Definitions for microns

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microns mi·cron

Spelling: [mahy-kron]

IPA: /ˈmaɪ krɒn/

Microns is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 195 anagrams from letters in microns (cimnors).

Definitions for microns

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 microns

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

Examples for microns

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

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

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

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

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