micron

See also: micrón and mícron

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹɒn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪkɹɒn

Etymology 1

From French micron, from Ancient Greek μικρόν (mikrón), neuter of μικρός (mikrós, “small”).

Noun

micron (plural microns)

1. (physics, metrology) The thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.
   • 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 nearest micron (a thousandth of a millimetre).

2. (figurative) A very tiny amount.

Synonyms

10^-6 m

• micrometer
• micrometre
• μ

 

Coordinate terms

10^-6 m

• ångström

 

Derived terms

• micronise
• micronize

 

Translations

micrometer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微米 (zh) (wéimǐ)

• Czech: mikron (cs) m
• Finnish: mikroni (fi), mikrometri (fi)
• French: micron (fr) m
• German: Mikron n
• Greek: μικρόν (el) n (mikrón)
• Italian: micron (it) m
• Japanese: ミクロン (ja) (mikuron)
• Korean: 미크론 (mikeuron)
• Latvian: mikrons m
• Portuguese: mícron (pt) m, micrómetro m (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

From Ancient Greek μικρόν (mikrón), neuter of μικρός (mikrós, “small”).

Noun

micron (plural microns)

1. (linguistics) Synonym of breve

Synonyms

• breve

Antonyms

• macron

Anagrams

• C minor

French

Noun

micron m (plural microns)

1. micron

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From French.

Noun

micron m (invariable)

1. micron

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French micron or German Mikron.

Noun

micron m (plural microni)

1. micron

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	micron	micronul		microni	micronii
genitive-dative	micron	micronului		microni	micronilor
vocative	micronule			micronilor