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Look for devices that produce wavelengths between 600-900 nanometers.
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 3 June 2025
Lei had teased the 3 nanometer chip last week on Chinese social media app Weibo.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 22 May 2025
While microplastics range from 5 millimeters (the size of a pencil eraser) to 1 nanometer, nanoplastics are smaller than one millionth of a meter (one micrometer).
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2025
Many viruses measure just tens of nanometers (nm) in size, but that’s not always the case.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 3 June 2025
Lei had teased the 3 nanometer chip last week on Chinese social media app Weibo.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 22 May 2025
While microplastics range from 5 millimeters (the size of a pencil eraser) to 1 nanometer, nanoplastics are smaller than one millionth of a meter (one micrometer).
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2025
Many viruses measure just tens of nanometers (nm) in size, but that’s not always the case.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Nanometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanometer. Accessed 23 Jun. 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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