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Examples of nanometer in a Sentence
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In the new study, researchers created a silicon wafer that varied in height from 150 to 220 nanometers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, spin waves have wavelengths of around 100 nanometers and offer a different vision for analog computing more aligned to the predominantly electronic world of digital computers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2024
Upon completion in 2028, its primary mirror will be an array of 798 hexagonal mirrors, each 1.5 meters across, working in concert within an accuracy of a few dozen nanometers to create a single reflecting surface spanning an incredible 39 meters.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2023
Optical wavelengths in the near-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum are so small — measured in nanometers — and the frequencies so high that much more information can be packed into the same space, pushing data rates 10 to 100 times greater than is possible with radio.
—John Johnson Jr., Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
In the new study, physicists fabricated a tiny channel 225 nanometers wide and up to 0.5 millimeters long.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Oct. 2023
Its circuits, measured in nanometers and invisible to the human eye, may be the most sophisticated objects ever made.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Each was roughly 600 nanometers long by 200 nanometers wide — about 50 times narrower than a red blood cell.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 27 Nov. 2023
Electrons in semiconductors usually scatter after traveling just nanometers, on a timescale measured in femtoseconds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2023
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Word History
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International Scientific Vocabulary
First Known Use
1963, in the meaning defined above
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“Nanometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanometer. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.
Kids Definition
nanometer
noun
nano·meter
ˈnan-ə-ˌmēt-ər
: one billionth of a meter
Medical Definition
nanometer
noun
nano·me·ter
variants
or chiefly British nanometre
: one billionth of a meter
—abbreviation nm
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