"microunit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microunits [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- English unit English microunit From micro- + unit. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|micro-|unit|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- English unit English microunit [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "small", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "little", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μικρός", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "micro-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "unit", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "microunit", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="microunit"> From micro- + unit. Head templates: {{en-noun}} microunit (plural microunits)
  1. One millionth of any standard unit (especially of an SI unit).
    Sense id: en-microunit-en-noun-HWnvhLAD Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
  2. A microapartment.
    Sense id: en-microunit-en-noun-yGdt2QXT Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with micro-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with micro-: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 42 58

Inflected forms

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