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.
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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 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 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
But, as it came from the hands of the makers in 1849, the Oxford heliometer was incomparably the most powerful and perfect instrument in the world for the highest order of micrometric research.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
These instrumental defects may be too small to be detected in ordinary micrometric or photographic observations, and still sufficient to affect the photographs just described.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various
