micrometre

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌmiːtə /

noun

1. Former name: micron.  μm. a unit of length equal to 10 ^–6 metre

Example Sentences

In some materials, spins form complex magnetic structures within the nanometre and micrometre scale in which the magnetization direction twists and curls along specific directions.

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This high-resolution method is primarily used to print microstructures in the nanometre and micrometre range -- not for printing three-dimensional structures in the cubic millimetre range.

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The protocol presented here forms the basis for analysing and understanding metabolic interactions, down to the micrometre.

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One micrometre is one millionth of a metre.

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Makoto Tsubokura, team leader at Riken’s centre for computational science, said the simulation combined air flow with the reproduction of tens of thousand of droplets of different sizes, from under 1 micrometre to several hundred micrometres.

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