micron

See also:micrónandmícron

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈmaɪkɹɒn/
• Rhymes:-aɪkɹɒn

Etymology 1

FromFrenchmicron,fromAncient Greekμικρόν(mikrón),neuter ofμικρός(mikrós,“small”).

Noun

micron(pluralmicrons)

1. (physics,metrology)Thethousandthpart of onemillimeter;themillionthpart of ameter.
   • 2009,Jonathan Amos,(bbc.co.uk)Satellites weigh California water

     As one spacecraft lurches and drags through the Earth's uneven gravity field, the second follows 210 km behind, measuring changes in their separation to the nearestmicron(a thousandth of a millimetre).

2. (figurative)A verytinyamount.

Synonyms

10^-6m

• micrometer
• micrometre
• μ

Coordinate terms

10^-6m

• ångström

Derived terms

• micronise
• micronize

Translations

micrometer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Vi mễ(zh)(wéimǐ)

• Czech:mikron(cs)m
• Finnish:mikroni(fi),mikrometri(fi)
• French:micron(fr)m
• German:Mikronn
• Greek:μικρόν(el)n(mikrón)
• Italian:micron(it)m
• Japanese:ミクロン(ja)(mikuron)
• Korean:미크론(mikeuron)
• Latvian:mikronsm
• Portuguese:mícron(pt)m,micrómetrom(Portugal),micrômetro(pt)m(Brazil)
• Romanian:micron(ro)m
• Russian:микро́н(ru)m(mikrón)
• Spanish:micrón(es)m
• Thai:ไมครอน
• Turkish:mikron(tr)

Etymology 2

FromAncient Greekμικρόν(mikrón),neuter ofμικρός(mikrós,“small”).

Noun

micron(pluralmicrons)

1. (linguistics)Synonym ofbreve

Synonyms

• breve

Antonyms

• macron

Anagrams

• C minor

French

Noun

micronm(pluralmicrons)

1. micron

Further reading

• “micron”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Italian

Etymology

FromFrench.

Noun

micronm(invariable)

1. micron

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchmicronorGermanMikron.

Noun

micronm(pluralmicroni)

1. micron

Declension

Declension ofmicron

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un)micron	micronul	(niște)microni	micronii
genitive/dative	(unui)micron	micronului	(unor)microni	micronilor
vocative	micronule		micronilor