nanometer

noun

nano·me·ter ˈna-nə-ˌmē-tər

: one billionth of a meter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The microscope works by bringing an extremely fine needle within a nanometer of a sample and then monitoring changes in the current of electrons traveling back and forth. —

Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2017 Using a cryo-electron microscope, researchers created a highly detailed 3-D image of the nanometer-sized virus. —

Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2018 By non-ablatively targeting the oil glands under the skin using a 1726 nanometer wavelength laser, Dr. Hartman explains, the device prevents future breakouts and acne scarring without damaging the skin. —

Jessica Ourisman, Allure, 2 Feb. 2023 Whether dashing off his latest journalistic dispatch or drinking himself to within a nanometer of liver collapse, Roth, one suspects, was only ever happy when surrounded by waiters, bartenders, porters, maids and concierges. —

Morten Hoi Jensen, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023 Read this slowly: A nanometer is a millionth of a millimeter. —

Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2022 The storage density of this 100 square-nanometer system is 500 times more compact than the most advanced commercial hard disk. —

Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2016 That’s because the spores store water in very small, nanometer-scale spaces, so evaporation causes major pressure changes within those tiny spaces. —

K. N. Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2015 That's a tenth smaller, the level of atoms, than the nano scale, which is one nanometer to roughly 500 nanometers. —

Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2014 See More

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