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- noun Plural form of
micrometre .
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Examples
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The corrugations can be at most 30 micrometres high.
Shape-shifting skin to reduce drag on planes and subs « Isegoria 2008
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The background image is a globe representing half the sky as imaged by the IRAS satellite at 100 micrometres.
Planck Reveals Giant Dust Structures in our Local Neighborhood | Universe Today 2010
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More specifically, nanorobotics refers to the nanotechnology engineering discipline of designing and building nanorobots, devices ranging in size from 0. 1-10 micrometres and constructed of nanoscale or molecular components.
Nanofood, Nanotech and Nanites: Quantum Effects and Fundamental Choices? 2010
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At longer wavelengths above 4 micrometres, the planet is significantly fainter than expected, which points to molecular absorption in its atmosphere.
First Direct Spectrum of an Exoplanet Orbiting a Sun-like Star | Universe Today 2010
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To test this idea, a team led by Antônio Pavão and Gerson Paiva from the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil took wafers of silicon just 350 micrometres thick, placed them between two electrodes and zapped them with currents of up to 140 amps.
Electrifying development: Edward Willett 2007
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The integrated circuit (IC) chip is as minute as a speck of dust, measuring just 0.15 millimetres by 0.15 millimetres and 7.5 micrometres thick, Hitachi said.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Chips as minute as a speck of dust 2006
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The nanowires were between 50 and 150 nanometres wide and extended tens of micrometres, allowing the bacteria to reach atoms hundreds of times as far away as the length of their cells.
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An optical microscope revealed red particles four to 10 micrometres wide (a bit larger than a typical bacteria) with an average density of 9 million particles per milliliter.
Is it raining aliens? Edward Willett 2006
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An optical microscope revealed red particles four to 10 micrometres wide (a bit larger than a typical bacteria) with an average density of 9 million particles per milliliter.
Archive 2006-06-04 Edward Willett 2006
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The integrated circuit (IC) chip is as minute as a speck of dust, measuring just 0.15 millimetres by 0.15 millimetres and 7.5 micrometres thick, Hitachi said.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Chips as minute as a speck of dust 2006
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