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View gallery - 5 images A platinum fiddle that's just 35 microns in length and 13 microns in width is believed to be the world's smallest violin, measuring just a fraction of a tardigrade or the diameter of an average human hair.
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New Atlas, 4 June 2025
To accomplish this filtering, the instrument uses an etalon — two glass plates separated by mere microns.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
For particulate pollution smaller than 2.5 microns across, known as PM2.5, the report analyzed both daily and annual pollution levels.
—Rebecca Dzombak, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
They are then crafted by artisans in Jaipur, using brass-plated with 3 microns of 18-karat gold and set with semiprecious stones.
—Devorah Lauter, WWD, 31 Jan. 2025
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New Atlas, 4 June 2025
To accomplish this filtering, the instrument uses an etalon — two glass plates separated by mere microns.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
For particulate pollution smaller than 2.5 microns across, known as PM2.5, the report analyzed both daily and annual pollution levels.
—Rebecca Dzombak, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
They are then crafted by artisans in Jaipur, using brass-plated with 3 microns of 18-karat gold and set with semiprecious stones.
—Devorah Lauter, WWD, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Micron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/micron. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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micron
noun
mi·cron
ˈmī-ˌkrän 
Medical Definition
micron
noun
mi·cron
ˈmī-ˌkrän
: a unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
called also micrometer, mu
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