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By comparison, a strand of human DNA is 2.5 nanometers in diameter and a human hair is approximately 80,000 - 100,000 nanometers wide, the Initiative states.
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USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
To put that size in perspective, there are 10 million nanometers in a centimeter.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
New generations of production technology are often described in terms of nanometers, or billionths of a meter, a measure of key dimensions of microscopic circuitry.
—Don Clark, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
In semiconductors, nanometer measure refers to the distance between transistors on the chip —meaning there can be more transistors, and more dense designs, on a smaller nanometer chip.
—Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
Its performance is comparable to that of carbon nanotube transistors, but its channel length is much shorter, because the molecule is just 2.1 nanometers long, says Thomas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
This means that the glasses protect against all types of UV light with wavelengths under 400 nanometers, which includes UVA (which has a wavelength between 315 and 400) and UVB (which has a wavelength between 280 and 315).
—Staff Author, Parents, 13 Apr. 2024
In semiconductors, the nanometer measure refers to the distance between transistors on the chip, meaning there can be more transistors, and more densely designed, on a smaller nanometer chip.
—Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024
Microplastics are a bit bigger, ranging from 1 nanometer to 5 millimeters, or about the size of a pencil eraser.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 28 Mar. 2024
USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
To put that size in perspective, there are 10 million nanometers in a centimeter.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
New generations of production technology are often described in terms of nanometers, or billionths of a meter, a measure of key dimensions of microscopic circuitry.
—Don Clark, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
In semiconductors, nanometer measure refers to the distance between transistors on the chip —meaning there can be more transistors, and more dense designs, on a smaller nanometer chip.
—Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
Its performance is comparable to that of carbon nanotube transistors, but its channel length is much shorter, because the molecule is just 2.1 nanometers long, says Thomas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2024
This means that the glasses protect against all types of UV light with wavelengths under 400 nanometers, which includes UVA (which has a wavelength between 315 and 400) and UVB (which has a wavelength between 280 and 315).
—Staff Author, Parents, 13 Apr. 2024
In semiconductors, the nanometer measure refers to the distance between transistors on the chip, meaning there can be more transistors, and more densely designed, on a smaller nanometer chip.
—Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024
Microplastics are a bit bigger, ranging from 1 nanometer to 5 millimeters, or about the size of a pencil eraser.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 28 Mar. 2024
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nanometer
noun
nano·me·ter
variants
or chiefly British nanometre
: one billionth of a meter
—abbreviation nm
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