Treatment of Cross-eyed: For more treatment information about Cross-eyed, see treatment of Squint (Cross-eyed).
It can be used to indicate a smaller than average scale (microscopic scale), as opposed to prefixes mega and macro, which can be used to indicate a larger than average scale. Micro may refer to: 1  micro- (Âµ) a prefix in the SI and other systems of units denoting a factor of 10 â6 (one millionth). 2  MICRO Information Management System, an early set-theoretic database management system. 3  Micro programming language, a simple programming language used in teaching compiler construction techniques.
Mils vs. Microns. Mil - A unit of measurement in the English system that is measured in thousandths of an inch. (i.e., .001 = one thousandth of an inch or 1.0 mil) Micron - A unit of measurement in the metric system that is equal to one thousandth of a millimeter. The M-Shop uses only the English Imperial/US system (inches, feet, etc.). All measurements taken in microns must be converted to thousandths of an inch.