Nanometer

Quick meaning: Nanometer is a noun meaning US spelling of nanometre.

Meaning

US spelling of nanometre.

Example Sentences

It is noteworthy that biological phenomena occur at scales ranging from nanometers to megameters, and from nanoseconds to gigaannums.

The newest form of gold created in a lab is the thickness of two atoms, according to a new study. It’s only 0.47 nanometers thick, which is one million times thinner than a human finger nail.

Images also indicated that gel porosity was in the nanometer range, similar to previously characterized hyperporous beads generated using the same sol-gel methods, which limits mobility of encapsulated cells (Fig 2B ) [23 ].

We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.

Word Forms

• nanometers

Synonyms for nanometer

Depending on context, synonyms include millimicron, nanometre, micromillimeter, micromillimetre.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include micromillimeter, micromillimetre, nanometre, millimicron, nano, nanotechnology.

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