mi‧crom‧e‧tre British English,
micrometer American English /ˈmaɪkrəʊˌmiːtə $ -kroʊˌmiːtər/ (
also mi‧cron /ˈmaɪkrɒn $ -krɑːn/)
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: Modern Latin;
Origin: Greek, from mikros 'small']
a unit for measuring length. There are one million micrometres in one metre.
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