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MILLIMICRON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
Synonyms:
micromillimeter; micromillimetre; millimicron; nanometer; nanometre; nm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("millimicron" is a kind of...):
metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)
Meronyms (parts of "millimicron"):
A; angstrom; angstrom unit (a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation)
Holonyms ("millimicron" is a part of...):
micrometer; micron (a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter)
