Holonyms: micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
Source: wiktionary
Nanometre
/ˈnænə(ʊ)ˌmiːtə(ɹ)/
Synonyms for "nanometre" (5 found)
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Meronym: picometre
Source: wiktionary
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.
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The resulting nanopasta is 372 nanometres thick, or about the same size as a measles virus.
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