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For comparison, a strand of human hair would typically be around 90,000 nanometers in diameter—some 225 times thicker.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Most of the plastics the scientists found in brain, kidney and liver tissue were extremely small, less than 200 nanometers.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Each molecule is only about 0.4 nanometers, or 16 billionths of an inch.
—Daniel Freedman, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2025
Some devices emit blue light, usually between 400 to 490 nanometers.
—Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Most of the plastics the scientists found in brain, kidney and liver tissue were extremely small, less than 200 nanometers.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Each molecule is only about 0.4 nanometers, or 16 billionths of an inch.
—Daniel Freedman, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2025
Some devices emit blue light, usually between 400 to 490 nanometers.
—Melinda Wenner Moyer, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Nanometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanometer. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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nanometer
noun
nano·me·ter
variants
or chiefly British nanometre
: one billionth of a meter
—abbreviation nm
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