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.
The SI prefix micro represents a factor of 10 -6, or in exponential notation, 1E-6. So 1 microgram = 10 -6 grams-force. The SI prefix milli represents a factor of 10 -3, or in exponential notation, 1E-3. So 1 milligram = 10 -3 grams-force.