micrometer
2
4.8
- noun
- /ˈmaɪkrəˌmɪtər/
- Specialized
:
micrómetro
- The base of the pyramidal tip is about 5 micrometers across.
- micrometers thick
- micrometer scale
- less than one micrometer
Examples
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With cantilevers of 100 micrometers or longer, these concerns are usually not significant.
Academic text (1995) -
Most micrometeorites are only a few hundred micrometers across, about the diameter of a human hair.
Academic text (2001) -
The spot size in optical recording has a diameter of less than a micrometer.
Academic text (1996) -
And you wouldn't have to have somebody calling out a measurement by reading a little micrometer scale by eye.
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Thin films have been developed that are only a few micrometers thick.
Academic text (1993) -
The smallest marks for this set of experiments were about 0.3 micrometers across.
Academic text (1995) -
The average statistical errors from print to print were typically 0.8 micrometers or 12 ppm.
Academic text (2001) -
Its reflector, 12 meters across, deviates no more than 15 micrometers from a perfect parabola.
Academic text (1996) -
Each conductor layer and each insulator layer in the multilevel interconnection wiring is 6 micrometers thick.
Academic text (1998) -
The technician used a micrometer to measure the thickness of the metal layer precisely.
Synonyms
15
6.9
A unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter for measuring very small things like dust particles
Compounds
- Specialized
A small tool for measuring tiny distances or thicknesses accurately
- Specialized
A tool that measures very small distances or thicknesses using a fine screw
- Specialized
A small tool with a fine scale that measures very small distances accurately
How Small
- Archaic
- Specialized
7
4.8
- Specialized
2
4.8
- Specialized
140
2.5
- US
92
1.0
- Specialized
621
1.0
- US
572
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Micrometer comes from the parts micro- 'small' and -meter 'measure'. So a micrometer is literally a 'small measure', which is why it names the unit equal to one millionth of a meter.