Hypertext Webster Gateway: "micron"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Micron \Mic"ron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. mikro`s small.] (Physics)
A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter;
the millionth part of a meter.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
micron
n : a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
[syn: {micrometer}]
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