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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)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- numeric value
- 0.000001
- unit symbol
- μ
- time of discovery or invention
- 1873-00-00
- Commons category
- Micro
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C48438
Sources (1)
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Greek
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bacteria
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Greek alphabet
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International Standard Book Number
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kilogram
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International System of Units
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eukaryote
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microscope
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Unicode
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1000000
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Q43016
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International Organization for Standardization
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digital object identifier
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Latin alphabet
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katakana
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decimal
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Μ/μ
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1,000,000,000
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metric system
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microwave
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