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"Micro" is a metric system prefix that means one millionth of something, represented by the Greek letter μ. It matters because it allows scientists and engineers to conveniently express and work with very small measurements, from micrometers in biology to microseconds in computing.
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Key facts
- Symbol.mark
- μ
- Symbol.different from
- (discouraged)
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Wikidata facts
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- numeric value
- 0.000001
- different from
- Micro
- unit symbol
- μ
- time of discovery or invention
- 1873-00-00
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- described by source
- National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan
- Commons category
- Micro
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C48438
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