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nanometre

British  
/ ˈnænəʊˌmiːtə /

noun

  1.  nm.  one thousand-millionth of a metre

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Medicine could also make common use of machines at a nanometre scale to "deliver drugs to exactly where they need to go", said Professor Bramwell.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

"You can think of a liquid cooling maze through the silicon at nanometre scale," says Mr Speirs.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

In order to close this gap and demonstrate the reliability of the ANE method for visualising magnetic structures on the nanometre scale, the researchers used a magnetic vortex structure.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

This high-resolution method is primarily used to print microstructures in the nanometre and micrometre range -- not for printing three-dimensional structures in the cubic millimetre range.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2024

TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, said last year it had been granted a one-year authorisation by the United States that covered its factory in Nanjing, China, that makes less-advanced 28 nanometre chips.

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2023

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