Definition of Millimicrons

1. millimicron [n] - See also: millimicron

Lexicographical Neighbors of Millimicrons

millilux
milliluxes
millimagnitude
millime
millimes
millimeter
millimeter of mercury
millimeters
millimetre
millimetres
millimetric
millimho
millimhos
millimicro-
millimicron
millimicrons (current term)
millimilli-
millimilligram
millimilligrams
millimolar
millimole
millimoles
milline
milliner
milliner's
millineress
millineresses
millineries
milliners
millinery

Literary usage of Millimicrons

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. NBS Special Publication (1920)
"Measurements of spectral transmission can be made from 380 millimicrons in the extreme violet to at least G50 millimicrons in the red. ..."

2. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"The wavelengths of ultraviolet rays vary between 13.6 and 390 millimicrons. Ultraviolet rays with wavelengths between 13.6 and 290 millimicrons are spoken ..."

3. Code of Federal Regulations: Parts 170 to 199 Revised as of April 1, 2005 by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"All measurements are made in an ultraviolet spectro- photometer in optical cells of 5 centimeters in length, and in the range of 255 millimicrons to 310 ..."

4. Transactions by National Safety Council, Association of Iron and Steel Engineers (1919)
"However, a much more satisfactory test can be made at a wave length of 406 millimicrons because the spectrum of a mercury lamp shows a sharp and distinct ..."

5. Thinking, Feeling, Doing: An Introduction to Mental Science by Edward Wheeler Scripture (1907)
"... to bright yellow (600 millimicrons), pass through whitish yellow to white (500 millimicrons), then to whitish blue and blue (450 to 400 millimicrons). ..."

6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"Futhermore, he also showed that the minimum thickness of the dark spot in the case of water is about 6 millimicrons, and this agrees well with the author's ..."

7. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories edited by Jonathan Y. Richmond, Robert W. McKinney (1994)
"The much larger size of the spherule (30-60 millimicrons) considerably reduces the effectiveness of this form of the fungus as an airborne pathogen. ..."

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