millimicron

American

[mil-uh-mahy-kron] / ˈmɪl əˌmaɪ krɒn /

noun

a unit of length equal to one thousandth of a micron; one-billionth of a meter. mμ

millimicron British

/ ˈmɪlɪˌmaɪkrɒn /

noun

an obsolete name for a nanometre; one millionth of a millimetre

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

millimicra

plural
millimicrons

plural

Etymology

Origin of millimicron

First recorded in 1900–05; milli- + micron

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