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  2. Micrometre - Wikipedia

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    The micrometre (Commonwealth English as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; [1] SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American English), also commonly known by the non-SI term micron, [2] is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equalling 1 × 10 −6 metre (SI standard prefix "micro-" = 10 −6); that is, one millionth of a metre (or one thousandth of a ...

  3. Unit of length - Wikipedia

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    A unit of length refers to any arbitrarily chosen and accepted reference standard for measurement of length. The most common units in modern use are the metric units, used in every country globally. In the United States the U.S. customary units are also in use

  4. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    1 micrometer (also called 1 micron) 1–4 μm Typical length of a bacterium [22] 4 μm Typical diameter of spider silk [23] 7 μm Typical size of a red blood cell [24] 10 −5: 10 μm: 10 μm Typical size of a fog, mist, or cloud water droplet 10 μm Width of transistors in the Intel 4004, the world's first commercial microprocessor: 12 μm

  5. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    The micron (μ) is a unit of distance equal to one micrometre (1 μm). The basic module (M) is a unit of distance equal to one hundred millimetres (100 mm). The myriametre (mym) is a unit of distance equal to ten kilometres (10 km). The hebdometre is a unit of distance equal to ten megametres (10 Mm).

  6. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    During this evolution the use of these systems has spread throughout the world, first to non-English-speaking countries, and then to English speaking countries. Multiples and submultiples of metric units are related by powers of ten and their names are formed with prefixes. This relationship is compatible with the decimal system of numbers and ...

  7. Trump team plans to deport some migrants to countries other ...

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    The incoming Trump administration is preparing a list of countries to which it may deport migrants when their home countries refuse to accept them, according to three sources familiar with the plans.

  8. Standard (metrology) - Wikipedia

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    In metrology (the science of measurement), a standard (or etalon) is an object, system, or experiment that bears a defined relationship to a unit of measurement of a physical quantity. [1] Standards are the fundamental reference for a system of weights and measures , against which all other measuring devices are compared.

  9. Read the Transcript of Trump's Person of the Year Interview - AOL

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    Okay, you know English and mathematics, let's say. But we want to move education back to the states. If you look at the states, if you look at some of the individual countries, Norway is a very ...