Nanometer

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German

Etymology

nano- +‎ Meter

Pronunciation

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Noun

Nanometer m or (dated, formerly in technical usage) n (strong, genitive Nanometers, plural Nanometer)

  1. nanometer (US), nanometre (UK)
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, number 5/2010, page 106:
      Das grundlegende Problem aller optischen Mikroskope ist das Licht: Es schwingt, je nach Farbe, mit einer Wellenlänge von einigen hundert Nanometern.
      The fundamental problem of all optical microscopes is the light: it oscillates, depending on the color, with a wavelength of a few hundred nanometers.

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