Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One billionth (10−9) of a meter.
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- noun US spelling of
nanometre .
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- noun a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
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Examples
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A single nanometer is roughly the size of 20 hydrogen atoms strung together.
Another Step Towards an Invisibility Cloak | Impact Lab 2007
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A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter, and nanotechnology typically deals with particles and structures larger than 1 nanometer, but smaller than 100 nanometers.
Public Awareness Of Nanotechnology Stuck At Low Level | Impact Lab 2007
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A nanometer is one billionth of a meter or about 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.
2004 June 2004
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This is why nanotechnology a nanometer is a billionth of a meter and microencapsulation are hot topics in the cosmetic world right now.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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This is why nanotechnology a nanometer is a billionth of a meter and microencapsulation are hot topics in the cosmetic world right now.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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This is why nanotechnology a nanometer is a billionth of a meter and microencapsulation are hot topics in the cosmetic world right now.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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An nm is a nanometer, which is a billionith 0.0000000001, I think? of a meter?
You Want That $360 Billion in Small Bills? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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An nm is a nanometer, which is a billionith 0.0000000001, I think? of a meter?
You Want That $360 Billion in Small Bills? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The word “nano” means “a billionth,” so a nanometer is a billionth of a meter.
Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008
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In theory, a superlens might be able to attain visual resolution at the level of the nanometer, which is pretty small - a human hair is about 100,000 nanometers wide.
Superlens in sight? Edward Willett 2006
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