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Hydrogen in a gas cloud, for example, emits light at very specific wavelengths, though generally most is at 656 nanometers (in the red part of the spectrum).
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2025
Lithography systems in the 1980s used mercury lamps that radiated at wavelengths of 436 nanometers (violet light) and eventually 365 nm (near-ultraviolet).
—Jayson Stewart, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025
In the present study, heating the scented wax contributed significantly to the number of new particles formed in the indoor air, particularly those smaller than 100 nanometers (nm).
—New Atlas, 16 Feb. 2025
For comparison, a strand of human hair would typically be around 90,000 nanometers in diameter—some 225 times thicker.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2025
Lithography systems in the 1980s used mercury lamps that radiated at wavelengths of 436 nanometers (violet light) and eventually 365 nm (near-ultraviolet).
—Jayson Stewart, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025
In the present study, heating the scented wax contributed significantly to the number of new particles formed in the indoor air, particularly those smaller than 100 nanometers (nm).
—New Atlas, 16 Feb. 2025
For comparison, a strand of human hair would typically be around 90,000 nanometers in diameter—some 225 times thicker.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Nanometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanometer. Accessed 23 Mar. 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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