nanometer
noun
nano·me·ter
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Definition of nanometer
: one billionth of a meter
Examples of nanometer in a Sentence
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Ultra-fine particles are particulate matter measuring less than 100 nanometers in diameter. — Lilly Nguyen, Daily Pilot, "Hookah smoke isn’t a chemically safer alternative to cigarettes, UCI study says," 22 Aug. 2019 On average, each nitrogen-vacancy spin is strongly coupled to four carbon-13 spins within a distance of about 1 nanometer. — Philip Ball, WIRED, "Quantum Darwinism Could Explain What Makes Reality Real," 28 July 2019 In the processor industry, the smaller the nanometer measure, the smaller the chip size. — Don Reisinger, Fortune, "Apple Has a Secrecy Problem," 20 July 2019 In some places, the atoms in the boron nitride layers line up precisely with the carbon atoms in the graphene layers, but a few nanometers away they are offset. — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, "Trilayer graphene shows signs of superconductivity," 17 July 2019 These tiny virus packages are just tens to a few hundreds of nanometers across. — Maya Wei-haas, National Geographic, "Viruses, explained," 22 Feb. 2019 Currently qubits based on a particle's spin direction must be positioned about 15 nanometers apart—any more, and their entanglement fails. — Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, "Quantum Leaps in Quantum Computing?," 1 Dec. 2017 Instead, proof could arrive in the form of very distinct spectroscopic features—particularly an absorption line at 450 nanometers within the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, "Water on Europa—with a Pinch of Salt," 12 June 2019 The next generation, 10 nanometer, has also missed its original schedule. — Tom Simonite, WIRED, "Intel's New Chip Wizard Has a Plan to Bring Back the Magic," 3 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nanometer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for nanometer
nanometer
noun
nano·me·ter
variants:
or chiefly British nanometre \ ˈnan-ə-ˌmēt-ər
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Medical Definition of nanometer
: one billionth of a meter
—abbreviation nm