micron

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹɒn/
• Rhymes: -aɪkɹɒn

From French micron, from Ancient Greek μικρόν (mikrón), neuter of μικρός (mikrós, “small”).

micron (plural microns)

1. (physics) The thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.
   • 2009, Jonathan Amos, (bbc.co.uk) Satellites weigh California water

     As one spacecraft lurches and drags through the Earth's uneven gravity field, the second follows 210 km behind, measuring changes in their separation to the nearest micron (a thousandth of a millimetre).

2. (figurative) A very tiny amount.

• micrometre, micrometer

• micronise, micronize

From Ancient Greek μικρόν (mikrón), neuter of μικρός (mikrós, “small”).

micron (plural microns)

1. (linguistics) Synonym of breve

• breve

• macron

• C minor

micron m (plural microns)

1. micron

• “micron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From French.

micron m (invariable)

1. micron

Borrowed from French micron or German Mikron.

micron m (plural microni)

1. micron