Micron - Micron (English spelling)

Japanese: ミクロン - みくろん(英語表記)micron
Micron - Micron (English spelling)

A unit of length. It is one thousandth of a millimeter. Its symbol is μ. It is believed to have been in use already around 1890. The symbol is said to have appeared in a report by the British Ministry of Trade in 1895. The name was abolished at the General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1968, and was replaced by micrometer (μm). The name micron has also been excluded from Japan's legal measurement units.

[Koizumi Kesakatsu and Imai Hidetaka]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

長さの単位。1ミリメートルの1000分の1をいう。記号はμ。1890年ごろにはすでに使われていたと思われる。記号は、1895年の英国商務省の報告にあるという。1968年の国際度量衡総会でこの名は廃止され、マイクロメートル(μm)とすることになった。ミクロンという呼称は日本の法定計量単位からも除外されている。

[小泉袈裟勝・今井秀孝]

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