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nanometer /nano·me·ter/ (nm) (nan´o-me″ter) one billionth (10−9) of a meter.
nan·o·me·ter (nn-mtr)
n. Abbr. nm
One billionth (10-9) of a meter.

nanometer (nm)
[nan′əmē′tər]
Etymology: Gk, nanos + metron, measure
a unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.

nanometer (nm) [nan´o-me″ter]
one billionth (10−9) of a meter.

nanometer (nm) (naˈ·n·mēˑ·ter),
n a metric unit of measure defined as one billionth of a meter (0.000000001 or 10).

nanometer (nm) (nan´mē´tr),
n a billionth of a meter (109 meter). This term is now preferred over millimicron.

nanometer
a unit of linear measure or wave length equal to one-thousand-millionth (10−9) of a meter; nm; millimicron.


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