(mechanics) A unit of length, equal to 10-15 meter; used particularly in measuring nuclear distances. Abbreviated fm. Also known as fermi.
femtometer
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- fermi
- metric system (technology)
- Quark-gluon plasma (nuclear physics)
- Relativistic heavy-ion collisions (atomic and molecular physics)
- Deconfinement
- Baryon (nuclear physics)
- Femtotechnology
- Nuclear force
- Strangelet
- QCD matter
- Large extra dimension
- ITER
- Muon-catalyzed fusion
