nanometer

noun

nano·​me·​ter ˈna-nə-ˌmē-tər How to pronounce nanometer (audio)
: one billionth of a meter

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For scale, a human hair is roughly 80,000 to 100,000 nanometers wide. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Nov. 2024 But electron microscopy of SARS-CoV-2 shows its spikes are about 25 nanometers apart, too distant for a single B cell receptor to readily bind to two at once. Byjon Cohen, science.org, 11 Oct. 2024 But still way behind ASML’s machines with resolutions below 10 nanometers. Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024 It was made during the week of August 10, 2020, in Taiwan on TSMC’s 5 nanometer node, and Huawei stockpiled a large number of the chips ahead of US sanctions. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nanometer 

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First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nanometer was in 1963

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“Nanometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanometer. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

nanometer

noun
nano·​meter
ˈnan-ə-ˌmēt-ər
: one billionth of a meter

Medical Definition

nanometer

noun
nano·​me·​ter
variants or chiefly British nanometre
: one billionth of a meter
abbreviation nm

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