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micrometre

British  
/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌmiːtə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It remains to be confirmed if nanoplastics – which are less than one micrometre across – may even slip through the skin, as some research suggests.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

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.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2024

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

From Science Daily Nov. 8, 2023

Robbins is excellent, letting glee drip into Andy’s demeanour a micrometre at a time.

From The Guardian Apr. 8, 2020

This appearance is not optical, for as the micrometre proves, the eye receives the image of the moon at the zenith, at an even greater angle of vision than at the horizon.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur

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