micrometer1
noun mʌɪˈkrɒmɪtəˌmaɪˈkrɑmədər
A gauge that 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.
- The response was elicited by challenging the ears with oxazolone on Day 15, and the peak of the ear swelling reaction was measured with the spring micrometer between 16 and 24 h.
- An index of intensity of the response to the mitogenic stimulation of T-cells was estimated as the change in thickness, measured with a pressure-sensitive micrometer, of the right wing web minus the change in the left wing web.
- Whatever it is, only a micrometer could measure it.
- Picard devised a micrometer to measure the diameters of celestial objects such as the Sun, Moon and planets.
- Prof Rainey also examined more than 1,200 leaves of paper, even using a micrometer to measure the thickness of every sheet, as well as recording their height, width, watermarks, chainlines and other properties.
- For each species, the length and breadth of five seeds were measured with a micrometer and averaged.
- Finally, you can outside neck turn the brass if the lot indicates a severe lack of uniformity when measured with a proper micrometer.
- A microscope with a calibrated eyepiece micrometer was used to measure the spheroid diameter.
- The company also relies on laser micrometers to accurately measure tube diameters to five decimal places.
- The tractor mechanism slowly pulls the fiber from the heated preform blank and is precisely controlled by using a laser micrometer to measure the diameter of the fiber and feed the information back to the tractor mechanism.
- The thickness of subepithelial collagen fibrosis in the gastric biopsies stained with Masson trichrome was measured with an ocular micrometer.
- Using a micrometer to measure the field diameter of the microscope is recommended.
- The lengths were measured with an ocular micrometer fitted to the eye-piece of the microscope.
- The length and width of anthers were measured with a micrometer under a stereomicroscope.
- The length of DNA migration in the comet tail, which is an estimate of DNA damage, was measured using an ocular micrometer.
- The thickness of both wing webs was measured by a pressure-sensitive micrometer before injection.
- Diameters of the potato tuber were scanned by moving a laser micrometer along the longitudinal axis of the tuber at constant speed, and tuber volume was evaluated as an aggreg ate of thin discs.
- The surface area of allergic mucin per slide was measured with an ocular micrometer, quantitated, and averaged for each case, then compared between the 2 groups.
- Polished thin sections were produced using epoxy resin as an embedding and mounting medium with a thickness of 30 m, measured by micrometer and polished using 0.05 m aluminium oxide so that no scratches remained.
- The tumor thickness was measured with an ocular micrometer from the most superficial layer of mucosal epithelium, ulcer base, or granular layer of squamous mucosa, to the deepest invasive tumor cell.
Derivatives
micrometry
- In general, this proved too time-consuming - as much as I would have liked to highlight the sometimes poor quality of recent publications with 100-year-old visual micrometry.
- The connective tissues were measured in their thickest part under light microscopy with ocular micrometry and the results were recorded as micrometers.
- Several books and review articles focused on micrometry and stereology been published by leading researchers in the field and were utilized as references to prepare the measurement discussions included in the MicroscopyU website.
- The area thus calculated was taken as the size of the cell as it is not possible to obtain cell volume through micrometry.
- Double-star micrometry has always had a significant percentage of amateur observers in its ranks.
noun mʌɪˈkrɒmɪtrimaɪˈkrɑmətri
Rhymes
micrometre accelerometer, anemometer, barometer, gasometer, geometer, manometer, milometer, olfactometer, optometer, pedometer, photometer, pyrometer, speedometer, swingometer, tachometer, thermometer
micrometer2
noun
- US spelling of micrometre
micrometer1
(also micrometer caliper)
nounˌmīˈkrämədərˌmaɪˈkrɑmədər
A gauge that measures small distances or thicknesses between its two faces, one of which can be moved away from or toward the other by turning a screw with a fine thread.
- The tumor thickness was measured with an ocular micrometer from the most superficial layer of mucosal epithelium, ulcer base, or granular layer of squamous mucosa, to the deepest invasive tumor cell.
- Whatever it is, only a micrometer could measure it.
- The thickness of both wing webs was measured by a pressure-sensitive micrometer before injection.
- The thickness of subepithelial collagen fibrosis in the gastric biopsies stained with Masson trichrome was measured with an ocular micrometer.
- Using a micrometer to measure the field diameter of the microscope is recommended.
- Picard devised a micrometer to measure the diameters of celestial objects such as the Sun, Moon and planets.
- The lengths were measured with an ocular micrometer fitted to the eye-piece of the microscope.
- Polished thin sections were produced using epoxy resin as an embedding and mounting medium with a thickness of 30 m, measured by micrometer and polished using 0.05 m aluminium oxide so that no scratches remained.
- For each species, the length and breadth of five seeds were measured with a micrometer and averaged.
- An index of intensity of the response to the mitogenic stimulation of T-cells was estimated as the change in thickness, measured with a pressure-sensitive micrometer, of the right wing web minus the change in the left wing web.
- Diameters of the potato tuber were scanned by moving a laser micrometer along the longitudinal axis of the tuber at constant speed, and tuber volume was evaluated as an aggreg ate of thin discs.
- The surface area of allergic mucin per slide was measured with an ocular micrometer, quantitated, and averaged for each case, then compared between the 2 groups.
- Finally, you can outside neck turn the brass if the lot indicates a severe lack of uniformity when measured with a proper micrometer.
- The length and width of anthers were measured with a micrometer under a stereomicroscope.
- Prof Rainey also examined more than 1,200 leaves of paper, even using a micrometer to measure the thickness of every sheet, as well as recording their height, width, watermarks, chainlines and other properties.
- The response was elicited by challenging the ears with oxazolone on Day 15, and the peak of the ear swelling reaction was measured with the spring micrometer between 16 and 24 h.
- The tractor mechanism slowly pulls the fiber from the heated preform blank and is precisely controlled by using a laser micrometer to measure the diameter of the fiber and feed the information back to the tractor mechanism.
- The company also relies on laser micrometers to accurately measure tube diameters to five decimal places.
- The length of DNA migration in the comet tail, which is an estimate of DNA damage, was measured using an ocular micrometer.
- A microscope with a calibrated eyepiece micrometer was used to measure the spheroid diameter.
micrometer2
(British micrometre)
nounˈmaɪkroʊˌmidərˈmīkrōˌmēdər
One millionth of a meter.