Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth (10−8) of a centimeter, used especially to specify radiation wavelengths.
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- noun physics A very small unit of length, 10-10 m, approximately the size of an
atom , used especially to measure thewavelength ofelectromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms. Symbol Å
Etymologies
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Examples
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(An angstrom is one ten-billionth of a meter, the approximate diameter of a single atom.)
Boing Boing: September 19, 2004 - September 25, 2004 Archives 2004
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TEAM 0.5 is capable of producing images with a resolution of one-half angstrom, which is less than the diameter of a single hydrogen atom.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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TEAM 0.5 is capable of producing images with a resolution of one-half angstrom, which is less than the diameter of a single hydrogen atom.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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In science news: I recently used the word "angstrom" in a humorous context, and many people laughed, and some people sneered (mostly engineers), and the wonderful Melissa Evans just gave me the facts, ma'am:
SFGate: Top News Stories Jon Carroll 2010
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In science news: I recently used the word "angstrom" in a humorous context, and many people laughed, and some people sneered (mostly engineers), and the wonderful Melissa Evans just gave me the facts, ma'am:
SFGate: Top News Stories Jon Carroll 2010
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In science news: I recently used the word "angstrom" in a humorous context, and many people laughed, and some people sneered (mostly engineers), and the wonderful Melissa Evans just gave me the facts, ma'am:
SFGate: Top News Stories Jon Carroll 2010
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- With such capabilities, this guy could be an ultimate multilinguist if there ever was one instead of squandering his abilities on rapping in a fake language ... angstrom
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- With such capabilities, this guy could be an ultimate multilinguist if there ever was one instead of squandering his abilities on rapping in a fake language ... angstrom
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A new imaging technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois overcomes the limit of diffraction and can reveal the atomic structure of a single nanocrystal with a resolution of less than one angstrom (less than one hundred-millionth of a centimeter).
Friday! aaronace 2009
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I've never bought a jar of Hellmann's without first comparing it's per ounce, pound, angstrom unit, or whatever the applicable measurement, price to that of Kraft, Cains, etc.
Gaming the Groceries Ralph Gardner Jr. 2012
sionnach commented on the word angstrom
unit of emotional pain
February 20, 2007
john commented on the word angstrom
Ha! Though that implies your emotional pain is very, very small, since an angstrom is also "A unit of measure for a wavelength of light equal to ten one billionths of a meter or one-tenth of a nanometer. 10^-10 meters", according to this.
October 5, 2007
reesetee commented on the word angstrom
Mega-angstrom?
October 5, 2007
seanahan commented on the word angstrom
A mega-angstrom is still really small, 10^-4. I think you should start with Tera-angstrom and work your way up from there.
October 6, 2007
reesetee commented on the word angstrom
True. Tera-angstrom it is.
October 6, 2007
sionnach commented on the word angstrom
So how many tera-angstroms in a Rabbit Angstrom?
October 6, 2007
john commented on the word angstrom
Point sionnach, for the Updike reference! I enjoyed the Rabbit series, but I *love* The Centaur.
October 6, 2007
sionnach commented on the word angstrom
measure of computer-related anxiety equivalent to 1000 nail-bytes
November 7, 2007