nanometer

IPA: nˈænoʊmitɝ

US spelling of nanometre [An SI subunit of length equal to 10⁻⁹ metres. Symbol: nm]

Examples of "nanometer" in Sentences

A single nanometer is roughly the size of 20 hydrogen atoms strung together.
An nm is a nanometer, which is a billionith 0.0000000001, I think? of a meter?
The word “nano” means “a billionth,” so a nanometer is a billionth of a meter.
A nanometer is one billionth of a meter or about 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.
This is why nanotechnology a nanometer is a billionth of a meter and microencapsulation are hot topics in the cosmetic world right now.
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.
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.