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  • noun 10-15 of a metre. Symbol: fm

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  • noun a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter

Etymologies

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femto- +‎ metre

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Examples

  • The proton and the neutron have a diameter of 10-15m (a femtometre or a millionth of a millionth of a millimetre) and the electron is at least 1,000 times smaller.

    The Nobel Prize in Physics 1992 1992

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