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To manage cold temperatures, an internal heating structure composed of a thin film of nickel foil (approximately 10 microns thick) will be added to the battery.—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025 The new version, already tested in rats, could shrink pixels to just 20 microns and pack in 10,000 of them, bringing much higher resolution.—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2025 The nylon pre-filter and carbon layer capture larger particles and household odors, while the HEPA-grade filter removes at least 99.97% of fine particles as small as 0.3 microns.—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025 Lab tests showed that even a microns-thick transparent layer of the new lotions effectively blocked UV light.—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for micron
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek mikron, neuter of mikros small — more at micr-
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