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  • noun metrology An SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 10−9 kelvins.

Etymologies

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nano- +‎ kelvin

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Examples

  • A stellar black hole of 10 solar masses, for example, would have a Hawking temperature of several nanokelvin, much less than the 2. 7K produced by the Cosmic Microwave Background.

    the atomic uni-verse 2008

  • This corresponds to temperatures of the order of 100 nK (nanokelvin), i.e. a tenth of a millionth of a degree above absolute zero.

    The 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics - Information for the Public 2001

  • Cornell and Wieman then produced a pure condensate of about 2 000 rubidium atoms at 20 nK (nanokelvin), i.e. 0.000 000 02 degrees above absolute zero.

    Press Release: The 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics 2001

  • For although we can estimate the (very short) lifetimes of molecules at temperatures of the sun, and what chemistry might transpire at a nanokelvin or in a vacuum "higher" than that of outer space, the realm of high pressure, such as that at the center of a planet, gives us pause.

    American Scientist Online 2009

  • For although we can estimate the (very short) lifetimes of molecules at temperatures of the sun, and what chemistry might transpire at a nanokelvin or in a vacuum

    American Scientist Online 2009

  • The first BEC ever produced was 170 nanokelvin, or 170 billionths of a Kelvin.

    Research & Development Today's News 2009

  • For although we can estimate the (very short) lifetimes of molecules at temperatures of the sun, and what chemistry might transpire at a nanokelvin or in a vacuum

    American Scientist Online 2009

  • The first BEC ever produced was 170 nanokelvin, or 170 billionths of a Kelvin.

    unknown title 2009

  • For although we can estimate the (very short) lifetimes of molecules at temperatures of the sun, and what chemistry might transpire at a nanokelvin or in a vacuum

    American Scientist Online 2009

  • The first BEC ever produced was 170 nanokelvin, or 170 billionths of a Kelvin.

    unknown title 2009

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