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Developed by scientists from MIT and Germany's Friedrich-Alexander University, the flat hexagonal particles are each just 250 nanometers in width, and consist of a two-layer magnetostrictive core housed within a piezoelectric shell.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
For skin improvements, the ideal wavelength for red light is about 640 nanometers and about 830 nanometers for infrared light, Rogers says.
—Erica Sweeney, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
One human hair varies from around 80,000 to 100,000 nanometers in thickness, making the smallest cutting-edge semiconductors invisible without special microscopes.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024
Nanofibers are any fibrous material that are less than 100 nanometers (nm).
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1963, in the meaning defined above
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“Nanometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanometer. Accessed 22 Dec. 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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