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Noun
According to, IQAir, Boise’s air has particulate matter measuring 2.5 micrometers in diameter or less.—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 22 Aug. 2025 At micrometers across — 10,000 times larger than individual atoms — Dynabeads are vastly more easily controlled and observed.—Patchen Barss, Quanta Magazine, 18 Aug. 2025 The researchers first created a single cell unit using submillimeter-sized photovoltaic chips that measure 885 by 685 micrometers, with an active area of 585 by 585 µm.—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Aug. 2025 According to Yale Medicine, the particles can be 10 micrometers, PM 10, or as small as 2.5 micrometers, PM 2.5, and the smaller one poses a lot of health risks.—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for micrometer
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
French micromètre, from micr- + -mètre -meter
Noun (2)
International Scientific Vocabulary micr- + meter entry 3
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