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Revision 6 . . December 1, 2001 2:47 am by (logged).126.156.xxx
Revision 5 . . December 1, 2001 2:47 am by (logged).126.156.xxx
Revision 4 . . November 28, 2001 2:46 pm by (logged).109.250.xxx [its a fact that use of the term micron is officially discouraged]
Revision 3 . . November 27, 2001 11:19 am by GregLindahl [prescriptive language is not NPOV, when many experts use the thing you claim is deprecated]
Revision 2 . . November 27, 2001 10:40 am by (logged).111.13.xxx [micron, although still in common use, is deprecated]
Revision 1 . . November 21, 2001 10:17 pm by LA2
  
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A micron is an old, non-SI name for the micrometre (µm), one millionth of a metre. The name micron, although officially discouraged, is still sometimes used in science and electronics. The standard term micrometre can easily be used instead.
A micron is an old, non-SI name for the micrometre (µm), one millionth of a metre. The name micron, although officially discouraged, is still sometimes used in science and electronics. The standard term 'micrometre' can easily be used instead.
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