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nouna metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
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- a a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
- tt a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
- angstrom a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
- oceania a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago)
- marianas a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521
- tuvalu a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii
- micronesia a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
- nauru a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands
- austronesia islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia)
- mineral deficiency lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism