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  • noun 10-12 of a metre. Symbol: pm

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

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Examples

  • The Frenchman's forehand misses the line by a picometre though and he faces another break point.

    BBC - Ouch 2010

  • The Frenchman's forehand misses the line by a picometre though and he faces another break point.

    BBC - Ouch 2010

  • The Frenchman's forehand misses the line by a picometre though and he faces another break point.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • The famous microscope has been tweaked by researchers at the US Government-funded laboratory to resolve a 47 picometre spacing in a Germanium crystal.

    physicsworld.com: all content 2009

  • By 2019 the square millimetre of particle routes and imperceptibly tiny self-organising magnetic fields is producing deoxyribose by the picometre slice.

    Everything2 New Writeups 2009

  • By 2019 the square millimetre of particle routes and imperceptibly tiny self-organising magnetic fields is producing deoxyribose by the picometre slice.

    Everything2 New Writeups 2009

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