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The answer MICROMETER has 3 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of micrometer in various dictionaries:
noun - a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
noun - caliper for measuring small distances
A device for measuring very small distances, objects, or angles, especially one based on the rotation of a finely threaded screw, as in relation to a microscope.
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| Aug 27 2018 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
| Jan 16 2016 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
| Jan 20 2004 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
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| (Sarah gives the clue from the Sanford Underground Research Facility.) Despite being 4,850 feet deep, the Davis Campus is a modern lab with state-of-the-art clean rooms; a typical U.S. indoor cubic foot of air has millions of particles this size, 1/1,000th of a millimeter--but here, only 3 |
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| a gauge which measures small distances or thicknesses between its two faces, one of which can be moved away from or towards the other by turning a screw with a fine thread. |
| A device for measuring very small distances, objects, or angles, especially one based on the rotation of a finely threaded screw, as in relation to a microscope. |
| A unit of length equal to one thousandth (10-3) of a millimeter or one millionth (10-6)of a meter. |
| caliper for measuring small distances |
| a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter |
| a device used for making very exact measurements or for measuring very small things |
| a unit of measurement of distance equal to 0.000001 meter |
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A micrometer ( my-KROM-i-tr), sometimes known as a micrometer screw gauge, is a device incorporating a calibrated screw widely used for precise measurement of components in mechanical engineering and machining as well as most mechanical trades, along with other metrological instruments such as dial, vernier, and digital calipers. Micrometers are usually, but not always, in the form of calipers (opposing ends joined by a frame). The spindle is a very accurately machined screw and the object to be measured is placed between the spindle and the anvil. The spindle is moved by turning the ratchet knob or thimble until the object to be measured is lightly touched by both the spindle and the anvil. * Micrometers are also used in telescopes or microscopes to measure the apparent diameter of celestial bodies or microscopic objects. The micrometer used with a telescope was invented about 1638 by William Gascoigne, an English astronomer. Colloquially the word micrometer is often shortened to mike o |