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Nanometre
//ˈnænə(ʊ)ˌmiːtə(ɹ)//
"Nanometre" in a Sentence (4 examples)
Holonyms: micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
Meronym: picometre
A nanometre is one billionth of a metre. A single atom is between a tenth to half a nanometre across; a million or more of them stacked on top of one another would equal the thickness of a piece of paper.
The resulting nanopasta is 372 nanometres thick, or about the same size as a measles virus.
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