nanometre
IPA: nˈænoʊmitɝ
noun
- An SI subunit of length equal to 10⁻⁹ metres. Symbol: nm
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Examples of "nanometre" in Sentences
- A nanometre is one millionth of a millimetre. photo: © IBM
- One nanometre is about a million times smaller than the size of a pinhead.
- A nanometre is a billionth of a meter, about the size of a few atoms combined.
- A nanometre is one millionth of a millimetre and corresponds to only a few layers of atoms.
- He's very clearly reading it off his autocue, which is forgivable, but he isn't putting a lot of life into it. 32 nanometre technology!
- Their wings contain small projections, spaced about 200 nanometres a nanometre is equivalent to one billionth of a metre apart, which allow 98% of light to pass through them.
- The crucial trick is that although both the electrodes and the electrolyte appear solid, they are actually finely structured at the nanometre scale a nanometre is a billionth of a metre.
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