nanometer

[ nan-uh-mee-ter, ney-nuh- ]

noun

one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm

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Origin of nanometer

First recorded in 1960–65; nano- + meter¹

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How to use nanometer in a sentence

Ultrashort pulses can also be used to manufacture very tiny electronic parts, micrometers or even nanometers across.
When light flashes for a quintillionth of a second, things get weird | Rahul Rao | November 8, 2021 | Popular-Science
It’s a coveted device, with models costing as much as $180 million, that is used in making microchip features as tiny as 13 nanometers at a rapid clip.
Inside the machine that saved Moore’s Law | Clive Thompson | October 27, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
In the ’60s, chipmakers used visible light for this process, with a wavelength as small as 400 nanometers.
Inside the machine that saved Moore’s Law | Clive Thompson | October 27, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
In a paper in Nature Communications, the researchers describe how they created a random network of nanowires 10 micrometers long and no thicker than 500 nanometers and then subjected it to electrical stimulation.
A Nanowire Network That Mimics the Brain Could Inspire New Designs in AI | Edd Gent | July 5, 2021 | Singularity Hub
Visible wavelengths measure hundreds of nanometers long, leaving far less room for error in aligning waves according to when they arrived at different telescopes.
Quantum Double-Slit Experiment Offers Hope for Earth-Size Telescope | Thomas Lewton | May 5, 2021 | Quanta Magazine

Scientific definitions for nanometer

nanometer

[ năn′ə-mē′tər ]

One billionth (10-9) of a meter.

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