nm
nanometer; nanometers.
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nautical mile
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Usage
What else does nm mean? Nm is internet slang for not much or nevermind.
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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 tubes measure about 230 nm in diameter and are made of 5 to 6 right-handed helical fibers that twist together.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2025
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
Another intriguing aspect is the presence of silicon-vacancy color centers in the diamond structure, as an intense zero-phonon line at 738.5 nm in the photoluminescence spectrum excited by using a 532 nm laser was found.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
She’s disappeared in the crowd but I nm anyway because I’m sure.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
Jackie welcomed her son in 1964, when she was just 17 years old and living in Albuquerque, NM.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025
He spent more than 40 years at the family firm, including 28 years as chair of NM Rothschild, the group's UK-based investment bank.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
NM: It’s such a complicated dance, to try to dismiss them as minstrels while also understanding the quality of their work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
The Rio Rancho, NM, product has a single season of remaining eligibility.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
NM: Mr. Barnard, I don’t want to be rude to you.
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
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
Fans in Manchester, N.H., were suddenly able to follow the soap opera at Manchester United, while supporters in Madrid, N.M., could decode the Kremlinological goings-on of Real Madrid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Large quantities of turquoise from Los Cevillos, N.M., have been sold, both as cabinet specimens and gems; but, unfortunately, many of those of the finest color have been found to be artificially colored.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 by Various
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