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Micron vs Microinch - What's the difference?

micron | microinch |

1 micron is 39.3700787402 microinches


1 microinch is 0.0254 microns


As nouns the difference between micron and microinch

is that micron is micron, micrometer while microinch is a unit of measurement, the length of one one-millionth of an inch, equivalent to 254 nanometers symbol:.

micron

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) A unit of length; 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).

    Synonyms

    * micrometre, micrometer

    Derived terms

    * micronise, micronize ----

    microinch

    English

    Noun

    (microinches)
  • A unit of measurement, the length of one one-millionth of an inch, equivalent to 25.4 nanometers. Symbol: