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Re:Diamond hauled from deep inside Earth holds never-before-... by abduhl on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:02PM (#30043216)
A few micrometers is around 1E-4 inches or 3E-6 yards for those of us who think in freedom units (aka real units).
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Re:Diamond hauled from deep inside Earth holds never-before-... by JshWright on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:53PM (#30043469)
You joke, but this would (perhaps even more absurdly, really) be called a "tenth" by most people who care about imperial units at this scale (as explained in a sibling comment)
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