Micrometer

Word MICROMETER
Character 10
Hyphenation mi crom e ter
Pronunciations /ˈmaɪkɹəʊmiːtə/

Definitions and meanings of "Micrometer"

What do we mean by micrometer?

An SI/MKS unit of measure, the length of one millionth of a meter. Symbols: µm, um, rm.

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The word "micrometer" in example sentences

In 2001 Japanese scientists made a tiny sculpture of a bull that measured 10 micrometers by seven (a micrometer is one-thousandth of a millimeter). ❋ Unknown (2007)

The word micrometer now seems to be used only to refer to the instrument for measurement, the former usage MIcrometer now being supplanted by the word micron. ❋ Unknown (1977)

This is done by submitting exactly similar cylinders of lead to a crushing under weights acting without initial velocity, and measuring the reduced heights of the cylinders; from these results a table is constructed establishing empirical relations between the reduced heights and the corresponding weights; the cylinders are measured both before and after insertion in the pressure gauge by means of an instrument known as the micrometer calipers (Fig. 57). [ ❋ Unknown (N/A)

They are trying to measure with a micrometer, mark with a dull pencil, and cut with a chain saw. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Imagine it: a flower blossoming inside the brain, nanometer stalks splitting away from a micrometer stem. ❋ Michael Chorost (2011)

A cross-section of a capillary, showing how much room a nanowire the gray-shaded circle would take up within it. “1 µm” means “1 micrometer,” or one millionth of a meter. ❋ Michael Chorost (2011)

We can't put them in a test tube or measure them with a micrometer or scale. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While you don't necessarily need a micrometer to calibrate a leader to your line, you ought to consider holding loops of the same size of the butt section of the leader you intend to use and the end section of your fly line next to each other for comparison. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And here, as I promised to be faithful, I may add that for the glass micrometer and the little black magnifying glass, they charged me an additional 4/6. — ❋ Unknown (2009)

The micrometer you will see is scratch'd into squares so minute that each square form'd by the intersections is but the ten thousandth part of an inch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There are the expensive micrometer calipers I thought our workshop needed but go unused, the pricey bicycle I seldom ride and the windsurfer I bought that has rested in peace under our deck since 2002. ❋ By STEPHEN KREIDER YODER (2010)

Particles greater than 15 micrometer in diameter are relatively quickly deposited by gravitational settling. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Particles between 0.1 and 2 micrometer live quite long, up to 1 or 2 weeks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Incoming solar radiation (where most energy is present at wavelengths between 0.4 and 1 micrometer) is effectively scattered or reflected by particles in the size range of 0.1 to 2 micrometer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dry deposition is, in general, quite small for particles where most of the mass is found (around 1 micrometer, see Figure 1). ❋ Unknown (2010)

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