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Mm vs Micron - What's the difference?

mm | micron |

As an abbreviation mM

is millimole, millimoles.

As a noun micron is

a unit of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.

mm

Translingual

Alternative forms

* (roman numeral) MM, MDD, mdd

Symbol

(head)

    • Symbol

    (head)
  • A Roman numeral representing two thousand ().

    • See also

    * Previous: mcmxcix (one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, ) * Next: mmi (two thousand and one, ) ----

    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 ----