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mi·cron (μ),

(mī'kron),

Former term for micrometer.

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micron

A unit of length equal to 10–6 m.

mi·cron

(mī'kron)

Former term for the measurement now termed a micrometer.

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micron

see MICROMETRE.

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micrometre

An SI unit of length equal to one millionth of a metre (10⁻⁶ m). Symbol: μm. Syn. micron (obsolete term). See nanometre.

mi·cro·me·ter

(mcm) (mīkrō-mētĕr, mī-kromĕ-tĕr)

1. One millionth of a meter; formerly called a micron.

2. A device for measuring various objects in an accurate and precise manner.

3. In medicine and biology, the term is usually used with reference to a glass slide or lens that is accurately marked for measuring microscopic forms.
Synonym(s): micrometre.

[micro- + G. metron, measure]

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Dirksen, "The Old Testament Peshitta," Mikra 261-97; Yeshayahu Maori, "The Peshitta Version of the Pentateuch in its Relation to the Sources of Jewish Exegesis" (Ph.D.

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