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nanometer

  (năn'ə-mē'tər) pronunciation
n. (Abbr. nm)

One billionth (10-9) of a meter.


 
 

One billionth of a meter. Nanometers are used to measure the wavelengths of light. See angstrom and metric system.



 
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A billionth of a meter (10-9 meter). This term is now preferred over millimicron.

 

length In parallel with the equally undesirable term ‘micron’, the nanometre.

 
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A unit of length used to express wavelengths of light in and near the visible spectrum; 1 nanometer equals 10-9 meter or 10 angstroms. Abbr.nm.


 

A unit of linear measure or wave length equal to one-thousand-millionth (10−9) of a meter; nm; millimicron.


 
 

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