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For the chemical unit "μM", see <a href="/wiki/Micromolar" class="mw-redirect" title="Micromolar">Micromolar</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><p>The <b>micrometre</b> (<a href="/wiki/English_in_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="English in the Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth English</a> as used by the <a href="/wiki/International_Bureau_of_Weights_and_Measures" title="International Bureau of Weights and Measures">International Bureau of Weights and Measures</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopædia_Britannica_Online_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Online-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/SI" class="mw-redirect" title="SI">SI</a> symbol: <b>μm</b>) or <b>micrometer</b> (<a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a>), also commonly known by the non-SI term <b>micron</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a unit of <a href="/wiki/Length" title="Length">length</a> in the <a href="/wiki/International_System_of_Units" title="International System of Units">International System of Units</a> (SI) equalling <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6994100000000000000♠"></span>1<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>−6</sup> <a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">metre</a></span> (SI standard prefix "<a href="/wiki/Micro-" title="Micro-">micro-</a>" = <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6994100000000000000♠"></span>10<sup>−6</sup></span>); that is, one millionth of a <a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">metre</a> (or one thousandth of a <a href="/wiki/Millimetre" title="Millimetre">millimetre</a>, <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6994100000000000000♠"></span>0.001 mm</span>, or about <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6995400000000000000♠"></span>0.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">04</span> <a href="/wiki/Inch" title="Inch">inch</a></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopædia_Britannica_Online_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Online-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><table class="infobox ib-unit"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">micrometre</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image notheme" style="background-color: #f8f9fa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cfaser_haarrp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Cfaser_haarrp.jpg/300px-Cfaser_haarrp.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Cfaser_haarrp.jpg/450px-Cfaser_haarrp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Cfaser_haarrp.jpg/600px-Cfaser_haarrp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="849" data-file-height="478"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A 6 μm diameter <a href="/wiki/Carbon_fibers" title="Carbon fibers">carbon filament</a> above a 50 μm diameter human hair</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/System_of_units_of_measurement" title="System of units of measurement">Unit system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/SI" class="mw-redirect" title="SI">SI</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Length" title="Length">length</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Symbol</th><td class="infobox-data">μm</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Conversions </th></tr><tr class="nowrap"><td>1 μm <i>in ...</i></td><td><i>... is equal to ...</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/SI_base_units" class="mw-redirect" title="SI base units">SI base units</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"> </span><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6994100000000000000♠"></span>10<sup>−6</sup> <a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">m</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Natural_units" title="Natural units">Natural units</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"> </span><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004188970000000000♠"></span>1.8897<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>4</sup> <a href="/wiki/Bohr_radius" title="Bohr radius"><i>a</i><sub>0</sub></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_units" title="Imperial units">imperial</a>/<a href="/wiki/US_customary_units" class="mw-redirect" title="US customary units">US</a> units</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"> </span>3.9370<span style="margin:0 .15em 0 .25em">×</span>10<sup>−5</sup> <a href="/wiki/Inch" title="Inch">in</a></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236303919">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}</style> <p>The nearest smaller common <a href="/wiki/SI_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="SI Unit">SI unit</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Nanometre" title="Nanometre">nanometre</a>, equivalent to one thousandth of a micrometre, one millionth of a millimetre or one billionth of a metre (<span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6991100000000000000♠"></span>0.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">000</span><span style="margin-left:.25em;">001</span> m</span>). </p><p>The micrometre is a common unit of <a href="/wiki/Measurement" title="Measurement">measurement</a> for <a href="/wiki/Wavelength" title="Wavelength">wavelengths</a> of <a href="/wiki/Infrared_radiation" class="mw-redirect" title="Infrared radiation">infrared radiation</a> as well as sizes of biological <a href="/wiki/Cell_(biology)" title="Cell (biology)">cells</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bacteria" title="Bacteria">bacteria</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopædia_Britannica_Online_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Online-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for grading <a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">wool</a> by the diameter of the fibres.<sup id="cite_ref-NSW_Department_of_Education_and_Communities_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSW_Department_of_Education_and_Communities-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The width of a single <a href="/wiki/Human_hair" class="mw-redirect" title="Human hair">human hair</a> ranges from approximately 20 to <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6996199999999999999♠"></span>200 μm</span>. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Examples"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Examples</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 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data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/How_big_is_1_micrometer%3F_%2810690468113%29.jpg/220px-How_big_is_1_micrometer%3F_%2810690468113%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="275" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/How_big_is_1_micrometer%3F_%2810690468113%29.jpg/330px-How_big_is_1_micrometer%3F_%2810690468113%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/How_big_is_1_micrometer%3F_%2810690468113%29.jpg/440px-How_big_is_1_micrometer%3F_%2810690468113%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>How big is 1 micrometre?</figcaption></figure> <p>Between 1 μm and 10 μm: </p> <ul><li>1–10 μm – length of a typical <a href="/wiki/Bacterium" class="mw-redirect" title="Bacterium">bacterium</a></li> <li>3–8 μm – width of strand of <a href="/wiki/Spider_silk" title="Spider silk">spider web silk</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5 μm – length of a typical human <a href="/wiki/Spermatozoon" title="Spermatozoon">spermatozoon</a>'s head<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10 μm – size of <a href="/wiki/Hypha" title="Hypha">fungal hyphae</a></li> <li>about 10 μm – size of a <a href="/wiki/Fog" title="Fog">fog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mist" title="Mist">mist</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Cloud" title="Cloud">cloud</a> water droplet</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For more examples of things measuring 1 to 10 micrometres, see <a href="/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(length)#1_micrometre" title="Orders of magnitude (length)">Orders of magnitude (length) § 1 micrometre</a>.</div> <p>Between 10 μm and 100 μm: </p> <ul><li>about 10–12 μm – thickness of <a href="/wiki/Plastic_wrap" title="Plastic wrap">plastic wrap (cling wrap)</a></li> <li>10 to 55 μm – width of <a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">wool</a> fibre<sup id="cite_ref-ISTAG_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISTAG-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>17 to 181 μm – diameter of human hair<sup id="cite_ref-Physics_Factbook_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Physics_Factbook-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>70 to 180 μm – thickness of paper</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For more examples of things measuring 10 to 100 micrometres, see <a href="/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(length)#10_micrometres" title="Orders of magnitude (length)">Orders of magnitude (length) § 10 micrometres</a>.</div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="SI_standardization">SI standardization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Micrometre&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: SI standardization" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>The term <i>micron</i> and <a href="/wiki/Mu_(letter)" title="Mu (letter)">the symbol μ</a> were officially accepted for use in isolation to denote the micrometre in 1879, but officially revoked by the <a href="/wiki/International_System_of_Units" title="International System of Units">International System of Units</a> (SI) in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-BIPM_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIPM-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This became necessary because the older usage was incompatible with the official adoption of the unit prefix <i>micro-</i>, denoted μ, during the creation of the SI in 1960. </p><p>In the SI, the systematic name <i>micrometre</i> became the official name of the unit, and μm became the official unit symbol. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Continuing_informal_usage_of_micron"></span> In <a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a>, the use of "micron" helps differentiate the unit from the <a href="/wiki/Micrometer_(device)" title="Micrometer (device)">micrometer</a>, a measuring device, because the unit's name in mainstream <a href="/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-re.2C_-er" title="American and British English spelling differences">American spelling</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Homograph" title="Homograph">homograph</a> of the device's name. In spoken English, they may be distinguished by pronunciation, as the name of the measuring device is often stressed on the second syllable (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">my-<span style="font-size:90%">KROM</span>-it-ər</i></a>), whereas the systematic pronunciation of the unit name, in accordance with the convention for pronouncing SI units in English, places the stress on the first syllable (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">MY</span>-kroh-meet-ər</i></a>). </p><p>The plural of <i>micron</i> is normally <i>microns</i>, though <i>micra</i> was occasionally used before 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Symbol">Symbol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Micrometre&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Symbol" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Micro-#Symbol_encoding_in_character_sets" title="Micro-">Micro- § Symbol encoding in character sets</a></div> <p>The official symbol for the <a href="/wiki/Metric_prefix" title="Metric prefix">SI prefix</a> <i>micro-</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Mu_(letter)" title="Mu (letter)">Greek lowercase mu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a> has inherited <span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">U+00B5</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">µ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MICRO SIGN</span> from <a href="/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-1" title="ISO/IEC 8859-1">ISO/IEC 8859-1</a>, distinct from the <a href="/wiki/Code_point" title="Code point">code point</a> <span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+03BC</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">μ</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">GREEK SMALL LETTER MU</span>. According to the <a href="/wiki/Unicode_Consortium" title="Unicode Consortium">Unicode Consortium</a>, the Greek letter character is preferred,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but implementations must recognize the micro sign as well for <a href="/wiki/Unicode_compatibility_characters" title="Unicode compatibility characters">compatibility with legacy character sets</a>. Most fonts use the same <a href="/wiki/Glyph#Typography" title="Glyph">glyph</a> for the two <a href="/wiki/Character_(computing)" title="Character (computing)">characters</a>. </p><p>Before <a href="/wiki/Desktop_publishing" title="Desktop publishing">desktop publishing</a> became commonplace, it was customary to render the symbol μ in texts produced with mechanical <a href="/wiki/Typewriter" title="Typewriter">typewriters</a> by combining a slightly lowered slash with the letter <span style="font-family:courier;">u</span>. For example, "15 μm" would appear as "<span style="font-family:courier;">15<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25em"><sub><span style="font-size:130%;">/</span></sub></span>um</span>". This gave rise in early <a href="/wiki/Word_processing" class="mw-redirect" title="Word processing">word processing</a> to substituting just the letter <span style="font-family:roman;">u</span> for the symbol if the Greek letter μ was not available, as in "<span style="font-family:roman;">15 um</span>".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Unicode <a href="/wiki/CJK_Compatibility" title="CJK Compatibility">CJK Compatibility</a> block contains square forms of some Japanese <a href="/wiki/Katakana" title="Katakana">katakana</a> measure and currency units. <span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">U+3348</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">㍈</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">SQUARE MIKURON</span> corresponds to <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">ミクロン</span></span> <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">mikuron</i></span>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Micrometre&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metric_prefix" title="Metric prefix">Metric prefix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metric_system" title="Metric system">Metric system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(length)" 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hreflang="ar" data-title="ميكرومتر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometro" title="Micrometro – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Micrometro" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micr%C3%B3metru" title="Micrómetru – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Micrómetru" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometr" title="Mikrometr – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mikrometr" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8" title="মাইক্রন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মাইক্রন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%AE-b%C3%AD" title="Bî-bí – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bî-bí" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80" title="Мікраметр – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мікраметр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Мікрамэтар – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мікрамэтар" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80_(%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0)" title="Микрометър (единица) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Микрометър (единица)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometar" title="Mikrometar – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Mikrometar" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micr%C3%B2metre" title="Micròmetre – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Micròmetre" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80" title="Микрометр – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Микрометр" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometr" title="Mikrometr – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mikrometr" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometr" title="Micrometr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Micrometr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="ميكروميتر – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ميكروميتر" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometer_(Einheit)" title="Mikrometer (Einheit) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mikrometer (Einheit)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikromeeter" title="Mikromeeter – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Mikromeeter" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF" title="Μικρόμετρο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μικρόμετρο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micr%C3%B2meter" title="Micròmeter – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Micròmeter" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micr%C3%B3metro_(unidad_de_longitud)" title="Micrómetro (unidad de longitud) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Micrómetro (unidad de longitud)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometro" title="Mikrometro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Mikrometro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometro_(unitatea)" title="Mikrometro (unitatea) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mikrometro (unitatea)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7)" title="میکرومتر (یکا) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="میکرومتر (یکا)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microm%C3%A8tre" title="Micromètre – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Micromètre" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometer" title="Mikrometer – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Mikrometer" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometri" title="Micrometri – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Micrometri" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miocr%C3%B3n" title="Miocrón – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Miocrón" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micr%C3%B3metro" title="Micrómetro – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Micrómetro" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AC-m%C3%AD" title="Mì-mí – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Mì-mí" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC%EB%A1%9C%EB%AF%B8%ED%84%B0" title="마이크로미터 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마이크로미터" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%BF%D6%80_(%D5%B9%D5%A1%D6%83%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%80)" title="Միկրոմետր (չափման միավոր) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Միկրոմետր (չափման միավոր)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="माइक्रोमीटर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="माइक्रोमीटर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometer_(satuan)" title="Mikrometer (satuan) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mikrometer (satuan)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometro_(unitate)" title="Micrometro (unitate) – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Micrometro (unitate)" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADkr%C3%B3metri" title="Míkrómetri – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Míkrómetri" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometro_(unit%C3%A0_di_misura)" title="Micrometro (unità di misura) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Micrometro (unità di misura)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%A8_(%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%93%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%93%D7%94)" title="מיקרומטר (יחידת מידה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מיקרומטר (יחידת מידה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9Cm" title="Μm – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Μm" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="მიკრომეტრი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მიკრომეტრი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80" title="Микрометр – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Микрометр" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikromita" title="Mikromita – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mikromita" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AEkrometre" title="Mîkrometre – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Mîkrometre" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80" title="Микрометр – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Микрометр" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%A1%E0%BA%B4%E0%BB%82%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%A3%E0%BB%81%E0%BA%A1%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%94" title="ມິໂກຣແມັດ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ມິໂກຣແມັດ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometrum" title="Micrometrum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Micrometrum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometrs" title="Mikrometrs – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Mikrometrs" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometer" title="Mikrometer – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Mikrometer" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometras_(vienetas)" title="Mikrometras (vienetas) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mikrometras (vienetas)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Микрометар – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Микрометар" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%BC" title="മൈക്രോമീറ്റർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മൈക്രോമീറ്റർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0" title="मायक्रोमीटर – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मायक्रोमीटर" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="მიკრომეტრი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="მიკრომეტრი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometer" title="Mikrometer – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Mikrometer" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometer_(eenheid)" title="Micrometer (eenheid) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Micrometer (eenheid)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB" title="マイクロメートル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マイクロメートル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometer" title="Mikrometer – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Mikrometer" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometer" title="Mikrometer – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Mikrometer" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometr_(o%27lchov)" title="Mikrometr (o'lchov) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Mikrometr (o'lchov)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86" title="مائکرون – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مائکرون" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometr" title="Mikrometr – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Mikrometr" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micr%C3%B3metro_(unidade_de_medida)" title="Micrómetro (unidade de medida) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Micrómetro (unidade de medida)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometru_(unitate)" title="Micrometru (unitate) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Micrometru (unitate)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80" title="Микрометр – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Микрометр" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometri" title="Mikrometri – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Mikrometri" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometre" title="Micrometre – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Micrometre" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometer" title="Mikrometer – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Mikrometer" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometer" title="Mikrometer – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Mikrometer" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Микрометар – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Микрометар" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometar" title="Mikrometar – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Mikrometar" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometer" title="Mikrometer – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Mikrometer" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D" title="மைக்ரோமீட்டர் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மைக்ரோமீட்டர்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3" title="ไมโครเมตร – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ไมโครเมตร" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometre" title="Mikrometre – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Mikrometre" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80" title="Мікрометр – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Мікрометр" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86" title="مائکرون – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="مائکرون" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micr%C3%B2metro" title="Micròmetro – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Micròmetro" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micr%C3%B4m%C3%A9t" title="Micrômét – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Micrômét" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometro" title="Mikrometro – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Mikrometro" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%AE%E7%B1%B3" title="微米 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="微米" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%AE%E7%B1%B3" title="微米 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="微米" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%AE%E7%B1%B3" title="微米 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="微米" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kge mw-list-item"><a href="https://kge.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikrometer_(%CE%BCm)" title="Mikrometer (μm) – Komering" lang="kge" hreflang="kge" data-title="Mikrometer (μm)" data-language-autonym="Kumoring" data-language-local-name="Komering" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kumoring</span></a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"><img src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" alt="Wikipedia" width="120" height="18" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"/> </div> <ul id="footer-info" class="footer-info hlist hlist-separated"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 1 September 2024, at 01:19<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Content is available under <a class="external" rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">CC BY-SA 4.0</a> unless otherwise noted.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places" class="footer-places hlist hlist-separated"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a 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