nanometer

noun

nano·​me·​ter ˈna-nə-ˌmē-tər 

: one billionth of a meter

Examples of nanometer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If a product page won’t list nanometers, that’s your first signal to keep scrolling. — Allison Palmer updated June 24, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026

If a product page doesn’t list wavelengths in nanometers, that’s your first signal to keep scrolling. — Allison Palmer updated June 24, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026

This architecture itself contains a stack of nanometers-thick silicon sheets through which current flows. — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026

Physicists further categorize solar UV light into several types, based on the wavelength, which is measured in nanometers. — Guy German, Fortune, 21 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nanometer

• amphitheater
• bolometer
• centimeter
• centimetre
• decimeter
• ergometer
• expositor
• gasometer
• gravimeter
• hexameter
• manometer
• milliliter

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

ˈnan-ə-ˌmēt-ər 

: one billionth of a meter

—abbreviation nm