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- noun An
SI /MKS unit of measure, the length of one one-millionth of ametre . Symbol:µm ,um ,rm
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is a bit belated, but you can do the symbol(s) for micrometre ( µm ) like this: &_micro_;m (omit the underscores).
Scientists Find Water Ice Creates the Spokes in Saturn's B Ring | Universe Today 2010
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Just as microelectronics exploits the behaviour of electrons in metals and semiconductors on micrometre scales, so nanoplasmonics is concerned with the nanoscale comings and goings of entities known as plasmons that lurk on and below the surfaces of metals… SPASERS!
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(I should have guessed actually, due to the bed being covered in a micrometre-thin layer of ancient bark chips, which together with decking seems to be our landlord's solution to anything remotely horticultural.)
August 6th, 2006 dame_habonde 2006
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Myxobacteria are micrometre-scale filament-shaped organisms that glide along surfaces, leaving a trail of slime in their wake.
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Myxobacteria are micrometre-scale filament-shaped organisms that glide along surfaces, leaving a trail of slime in their wake.
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Weighing a mere 3.9 grams, the microscope has been used to image blood vessels lying 1 millimetre below the surface of the brains of anaesthetised mice, with a resolution of 1 micrometre one-thousandth of a mm.
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One micrometre is equivalent to a thousandth of a millimetre.
Micro-Bull – No Bigger than a Red Blood Cell | Impact Lab 2002
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The presence of 1050 micrometre diameter magnetized iron spheres in the soils, distributed linearly Over the course of a single night, the team was able to create a stereotypical "man-made" circle that they then attempted to enhance using the three criteria.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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The presence of 1050 micrometre diameter magnetized iron spheres in the soils, distributed linearly Over the course of a single night, the team was able to create a stereotypical "man-made" circle that they then attempted to enhance using the three criteria.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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Complete 3D map of the world measuring only 22 by 11 micrometre was "written" on a polymer.
The Times of India 2010
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