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Math What is 1 um?

Updated: 9/26/2023
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um is the same as µm, short for "micrometer". The Greek letter mu (µ) is sometimes written as "u", due to the difficulties of finding the µ on the keyboard - simply because the letters look somewhat similar.The prefix "micro" means 1/1,000,000.

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1 um is one micrometer which is one millionth of a meter

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Assuming that the "u" is meant to represent the Greek letter mu, the answer is 1 micrometre.

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