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 technique enabled clear detection of CMC layers just 10 nm thick and visualized structures spanning four orders of magnitude within a single image.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026
The study marks the first time nanoplastics as small as 200 nm have been detected within complex environmental samples.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026
It accurately distinguished colors across seven out of its eight detectable wavelengths, and its readings at 620 nm were highly similar to commercial chlorophyll meters.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
"This structure exhibits a high transmission in the 750-1000 nm range and a high reflectivity in the 500-700 nm range," researchers wrote.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024
Katie Gardner reported that she’d seen Rachel Elizabeth Dare nm out of the Empire State Building at the end of the battle.
From "The Last Olympian" 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: That’s that work, I think, bringing him back in a new form to address him and not as a fan.
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
The Rio Rancho, NM, product has a single season of remaining eligibility.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
NM: No African is a member of Parliament?
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
At a work conference in Albuquerque, N.M., in May, Chang wore a small pin with a red light indicating it was recording.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
It may also help to automate transfers from one primary account into separate savings accounts, creating a sort of “personal payroll system,” says Nathan Sebesta, a CFP based in Artesia, N.M.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 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
In Gallup, N.M., a giant on the roof of a used car lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Don Luis turned, and beheld the president and the general manager of the A.G.& N.M.
From The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
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