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nanometre (nm)
SI unit of length equal to one-millionth of a millimetre (or 10 ångströms or 10−9 m). Syn. millimicron (obsolete). See ångström; micrometre.


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One nanometre is one-millionth of a millimetre and a single human hair is around 80,000 nanometres in width.
The world's smallest driving vehicle measures just three to four nanometres across.
 
 
 
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