micrometer

See also: micro-meter

English

Etymology 1

From French micromètre.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /maɪˈkɹɒmɪtə/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /maɪˈkɹɑmɪtəɹ/, [maɪˈkɹɑmɪɾɚ]

Noun

micrometer (plural micrometers)

A device used to measure distance very precisely but within a limited range, especially depth, thickness, and diameter.

Derived terms

Translations

instrument

Arabic: ميكرومتر m
Basque: mikrometro
Catalan: micròmetre m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 千分尺 (zh) (qiān fēn chǐ)
Czech: mikrometr (cs) m
Dutch: micrometer (nl) m
Estonian: kruvik
Finnish: mikrometriruuvi (fi), mikrometri (fi)
French: micromètre (fr) m
German: Messschraube f, Mikrometerschraube f, Mikrometer (de) n
Hebrew: מיקרומטר (he)
Hindi: सूक्ष्ममापी (sūkṣmamāpī)
Hungarian: mikrométer (hu)
Indonesian: mikrometer (id)
Italian: micrometro (it) m
Japanese: マイクロメータ (maikuromēta)
Korean: 마이크로미터 (maikeuromiteo)
Latvian: mikrometrs m
Lithuanian: mikrometras m
Luxembourgish: Mikrometerschrauf
Malay: jangka halus, mikrometer
Norwegian: mikrometer (no) m
Persian: میکرومتر (fa) (mikrômetr)
Polish: mikrometr (pl) m
Portuguese: micrómetro m
Romanian: micrometru (ro)
Russian: микро́метр гла́дкий m (mikrómetr gládkij), микро́метр (ru) m (mikrómetr)
Serbo-Croatian: mikrometarski vijak m
Slovak: mikrometer m
Slovene: mikrometer m
Spanish: micrómetro (es) m
Swedish: mikrometer (sv) c
Ukrainian: мікрометр m (mikrometr)

Further reading

Micrometer (measuring device) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:micrometers on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

micro- (“one millionth”) +‎ meter

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌmiːtə/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌmiːtəɹ/, [ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌmiːɾɚ]

Noun

micrometer (plural micrometers)

US spelling of micrometre

Translations

one millionth of a meter

Catalan: micròmetre m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 微米 (zh) (weimi)
Czech: mikrometr (cs) m
Danish: mikrometer c
Dutch: micrometer (nl) m
Esperanto: mikrometro
Finnish: mikrometri (fi)
French: micromètre (fr) m
German: Mikrometer (de) m
Greek: μικρόμετρο (el) n (mikrómetro)
Hungarian: mikrométer (hu)
Ido: mikrometro (io)
Interlingua: micrometro
Irish: micriméadar m
Italian: micron (it) m
Japanese: マイクロメートル (ja) (maikuromētoru)
Korean: 마이크로미터 (maikeuromiteo)
Latin: micrometrus
Malay: mikrometer
Polish: mikrometr (pl) m
Portuguese: micrómetro m (Portugal), micrômetro (pt) m (Brazil)
Russian: микроме́тр (ru) m (mikrométr), микро́н (ru) m (mikrón)
Spanish: micrómetro (es) m
Swedish: mikrometer (sv) c
Tagalog: mikrometro n
Telugu: మైక్రోమీటరు (maikrōmīṭaru)
Thai: ไมโครเมตร
Vietnamese: micrômet

Further reading

Micrometer (unit of measure) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

micrometre

Dutch

Etymology

micro- +‎ meter

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Hyphenation: mi‧cro‧me‧ter

Noun

micrometer m (plural micrometers, diminutive micrometertje n)

micrometer (unit of measure)
micrometer (measuring device)

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