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The digital skull, which took more than half a decade to complete, has a resolution of 21 microns.—Margherita Bassi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026 Weighing just 350 grams per meter, this double-sided material combines 21-denier organzino silk with long-fiber 15-micron cashmere.—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Feb. 2026 The Philos has 130 settings that make six-micron adjustments, meaning the distance between the burrs moves six microns at a time.—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026 Dr McKeon says air filters with this rating capture 99.97 percent of particles as small as 0.3 microns.—Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 19 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for micron
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Etymology
New Latin, from Greek mikron, neuter of mikros small — more at micr-