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Micron vs Submicronic - What's the difference?

micron | submicronic |

As a noun micron

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

As an adjective submicronic is

having dimensions less than a micron.

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 ----

    submicronic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having dimensions less than a micron