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The smaller the nanometer number, the more transistors that can be fit into a chip, leading to a more powerful semiconductor.
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Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 12 June 2025
But a feather’s smallest functional structures, called keratin filaments, go down to the nanometer scale.
—Ian Rose, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
This technique uses a heated, needlelike tip to sculpt material at nanometer precision.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Look for devices that produce wavelengths between 600-900 nanometers.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 3 June 2025
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Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 12 June 2025
But a feather’s smallest functional structures, called keratin filaments, go down to the nanometer scale.
—Ian Rose, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
This technique uses a heated, needlelike tip to sculpt material at nanometer precision.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Look for devices that produce wavelengths between 600-900 nanometers.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 3 June 2025
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“Nanometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nanometer. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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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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