Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One billionth (10−9) of a gram.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A unit of
mass equal to 0.000 000 001grams . Symbol:ng
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word nanogram.
Examples
-
Petacchi had a TUE that allowed him to have levels of salbutamol of 1000 nanograms (a nanogram is a billionth of a gram) per milliliter of urine.
-
They are measured by a unit known as the nanogram, which is one billionth of a gram.
-
Petacchi had a TUE that allowed him to have levels of salbutamol of 1000 nanograms a nanogram is a billionth of a gram per milliliter of urine.
-
In cases where DDT has been detected in air, it is associated with air masses coming from regions where DDT is still used or from the evaporated DDT from contaminated water or soil. p, p'-DDT and p, p'-DDE concentrations measured in air in the Great Lakes region in 1990 reached maximum levels of 0.035 and 0.119 nanograms (a nanogram is a billionth of a gram) of chemical per cubic meter of air (ng/m3), respectively.
-
Between 1978 and 1991, the estimated daily intake of PCBs in adults from dietary sources declined from about 1.9 nanograms (a nanogram is a billionth part of a gram) to less than 0.7 nanograms.
Public Health Statement for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) 2008
-
KOBILINSKY: A nanogram is a billionth of a gram of DNA.
-
KOBILINSKY: A nanogram is a billionth of a gram of DNA.
-
KOBILINSKY: A nanogram is a billionth of a gram of DNA.
-
Another type as well called a nanogram strength product.
-
The levels are extremely low, less than a nanogram per gram of fish tissue (a nanogram is a billionth of a gram, and a gram is 1 / 28th of an ounce).
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.