nanometer

[ nan-uh-mee-ter, ney-nuh- ]

/ ˈnæn əˌmi tər, ˈneɪ nə- /

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one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm

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Origin of nanometer

First recorded in 1960–65; nano- + meter¹

Words nearby nanometer

nanofabrication, nanogram, nanoid, nanomachine, nanomaterial, nanometer, nanometre, nanomole, nanook, nanoparticle, nanophysics

How to use nanometer in a sentence

Ultrashort pulses can also be used to manufacture very tiny electronic parts, micrometers or even nanometers across.
When light flashes for a quintillionth of a second, things get weird|Rahul Rao|November 8, 2021|Popular-Science
It’s a coveted device, with models costing as much as $180 million, that is used in making microchip features as tiny as 13 nanometers at a rapid clip.
Inside the machine that saved Moore’s Law|Clive Thompson|October 27, 2021|MIT Technology Review
In the ’60s, chipmakers used visible light for this process, with a wavelength as small as 400 nanometers.
Inside the machine that saved Moore’s Law|Clive Thompson|October 27, 2021|MIT Technology Review
In a paper in Nature Communications, the researchers describe how they created a random network of nanowires 10 micrometers long and no thicker than 500 nanometers and then subjected it to electrical stimulation.
A Nanowire Network That Mimics the Brain Could Inspire New Designs in AI|Edd Gent|July 5, 2021|Singularity Hub

Visible wavelengths measure hundreds of nanometers long, leaving far less room for error in aligning waves according to when they arrived at different telescopes.
Quantum Double-Slit Experiment Offers Hope for Earth-Size Telescope|Thomas Lewton|May 5, 2021|Quanta Magazine

Scientific definitions for nanometer

nanometer

[ năn′ə-mē′tər ]

One billionth (10-9) of a meter.