"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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- Symbol.mark
- μ
- Symbol.different from
- (discouraged)
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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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Mikro är ett SI-prefix som betyder 10-6 (0,000 001). Det betecknas med den grekiska bokstaven µ (my), och med bokstaven u om µ inte finns till förfogande. Några exempel på användning: * 1 mikrometer (µm) = 0,000 001 meter (1 miljondels meter) * 1 µg = 0,000 001 gram Prefixet mikro infördes officiellt 1960. Innan dess kallades mikrometern mikron och betecknades µ.
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