micrometer
noun
any of various devices for measuring minute distances, angles, etc., as in connection with a telescope or microscope.
micrometric
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a word derived from
micrometer.
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a word derived from
micrometry.
micrometrynounthe act or process of taking measurements with a micrometer.
Example Sentences
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The University of Ottawa, together with national and international partners, has achieved a world first by manufacturing the first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023
The micrometric photovoltaic cell manufacturing process involved a partnership between the University of Ottawa, the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec and the Laboratoire des Technologies de la Microélectronique in Grenoble, France.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023
"The development of these first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells is a crucial step in the miniaturization of electronic devices," he adds.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023
I simply made a sufficient number of micrometric measurements to test whether a large parallax existed.
From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
The volume contents of the pipettes are most carefully determined and the depth of the cell is established by accurate micrometric measurement, thus permitting very exact observations by means of this instrument.
From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Ernst Leitz
