a micrometer is 1/1000 of a millimeter.
That makes it 1/1000000 meter. (six zeros).
Also, the word is used to describe an instrument used for measuring small distances.
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A micrometer is one millionth of a meter, a millimeter is one thousandth of a meter. So there are one thousand micrometers in a millimeter.
millimetre = 1000 micrometres.
1 micrometer = 1 millionth of a meter 1 milimeter + 1 thousandth of a meter so there are 1000 micrometers in a milimeter
1 micrometer = .001 millimeter 1000 micrometers in one millimeter (mm) = 10^-3 (um) = 10^-6
A centimeter is 1/100 of a meter, a micrometer is 1/1,000,000. So there are 10,000 micrometers in one centimeter