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• nm
  nm

  nanometer; nanometers.
• NM
  NM

  abbreviation

  New Mexico (approved especially for use with zip code).
• N.M.
  N.M.

  abbreviation

  New Mexico.

nm

¹ American  

1. nanometer; nanometers.

2. nautical mile.

3. nonmetallic.

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NM ² American  

abbreviation

1. New Mexico (approved especially for use with zip code).

2. Grammar. noun modifier.

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N.M. ³ American  

Or N. Mex.

abbreviation

1. New Mexico.

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nm ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. nautical mile

2. nanometre

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NM ² British  

abbreviation

1. New Mexico

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Usage

What else does nm mean? Nm is internet slang for not much or nevermind.

Example Sentences

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nm NM N.M.

This approach solves what researchers call an "inverse problem," allowing the system to reproduce spectral data with an accuracy of roughly 8 nm resolution without using bulky optical hardware.

From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026

The sunlight-driven system achieved a ghost-imaging visibility of 90.7%, close to the 95.5 percent visibility produced by a standard 405 nm laser operating at the same pump power.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

The first laser beam established the position of each cluster with an accuracy of about 10 nm and placed the particles into a quantum superposition, meaning they could follow multiple paths through the apparatus simultaneously.

From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026

The new nanospectroscopy end station is based on a scanning optical microscope and enables imaging and spectroscopy with infrared light with a spatial resolution of more than 30 nm.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024

I dropped the scarf and tried not to nm toward the exit.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

Jackie welcomed her son in 1964, when she was just 17 years old and living in Albuquerque, NM.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025

NM: Did you publish the essay that’s a letter to James Baldwin?

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

His career begun at the family bank, NM Rothschild & Sons, before he moved on to start his own wealth management fund in 1989.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2024

Rothschild began his career in the family bank, NM Rothschild & Sons, in 1963, before breaking away to start businesses and charitable organizations.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

NM: Did you place this letter before your prime minister?

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Among relatively affordable cities, the number of children has fallen 15% in Albuquerque, N.M., and 11% in Milwaukee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

He lives in Albuquerque, N.M., about a mile above sea level, and he and his wife converted their bedroom into an altitude chamber to add about 3,000 more feet of elevation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Vince Moffitt, owner of Basin Health Companies in Farmington, N.M., says about 90% of his business, which includes home health, hospice, and caregiver services, is Medicaid focused.

From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026

N.M., emphasized SpaceX’s potential as a provider of artificial-intelligence computing capacity.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026

Williamson, from 1849 to 1850; the Reverend N.M.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884 by Various