micrometer

micrometer

See also: micro-meter

English

Etymology 1

From French micromètre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /maɪˈkɹɒmɪtə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /maɪˈkɹɑmɪtəɹ/, [maɪˈkɹɑmɪɾɚ]

Noun

micrometer (plural micrometers)

1. A device used to measure distance very precisely but within a limited range, especially depth, thickness, and diameter.

Translations

instrument

Arabic: ميكرومتر‎ m Basque: mikrometro Catalan: micròmetre m Chinese: Mandarin: 千分尺 (zh) (qiān fēn chǐ) Czech: mikrometr (cs) m Dutch: micrometer (nl) m Estonian: kruvik Finnish: mikrometriruuvi (fi), mikrometri (fi) French: micromètre (fr) m German: Messschraube f, Mikrometerschraube f, Mikrometer (de) n Hebrew: מיקרומטר‎ (he) Hindi: सूक्ष्ममापी (sūkṣmamāpī) Hungarian: mikrométer (hu) Indonesian: mikrometer (id) Italian: micrometro (it) m Japanese: マイクロメータ (maikuromēta) Korean: 마이크로미터 (maikeuromiteo) Latvian: mikrometrs m Lithuanian: mikrometras m Luxembourgish: Mikrometerschrauf Malay: jangka halus, mikrometer Norwegian: mikrometer (no) m Persian: میکرومتر‎ (fa) (mikrômetr) Polish: mikrometr (pl) m Portuguese: micrómetro m Romanian: micrometru (ro) Russian: микро́метр гла́дкий m (mikrómetr gládkij), микро́метр (ru) m (mikrómetr) Serbo-Croatian: mikrometarski vijak m Slovak: mikrometer m Slovene: mikrometer m Spanish: micrómetro (es) m Swedish: mikrometer (sv) c Ukrainian: мікрометр m (mikrometr)

Further reading

• Micrometer (measuring device) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• micrometers on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

micro- (“one millionth”) +‎ meter

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌmiːtə/

  • Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌmiːtəɹ/, [maɪkɹoʊˌmiːɾɚ]

Noun

micrometer (plural micrometers)

1. US spelling of micrometre

Translations

one millionth of a meter

Catalan: micròmetre m Chinese: Mandarin: 微米 (zh) (weimi) Czech: mikrometr (cs) m Danish: mikrometer c Dutch: micrometer (nl) m Esperanto: mikrometro Finnish: mikrometri (fi) French: micromètre (fr) m German: Mikrometer (de) m Greek: μικρόμετρο (el) n (mikrómetro) Hungarian: mikrométer (hu) Ido: mikrometro (io) Interlingua: micrometro Irish: micriméadar m Italian: micron (it) m Japanese: マイクロメートル (ja) (maikuromētoru) Korean: 마이크로미터 (maikeuromiteo) Latin: micrometrus Malay: mikrometer Polish: mikrometr (pl) m Portuguese: micrómetro m (Portugal), micrômetro m (Brazil) Russian: микроме́тр (ru) m (mikrométr), микро́н (ru) m (mikrón) Spanish: micrómetro (es) m Swedish: mikrometer (sv) c Tagalog: mikrometro n Telugu: మైక్రోమీటరు (maikrōmīṭaru) Thai: ไมโครเมตร Vietnamese: micrômet

Further reading

• Micrometer (unit of measure) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• micrometre

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Dutch

Etymology

micro- +‎ meter

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: mi‧cro‧me‧ter

Noun

micrometer m (plural micrometers, diminutive micrometertje n)

1. micrometer (unit of measure)
2. micrometer (measuring device)