nanometer

US spelling of nanometre.

Noun

  1. US spelling of nanometre.
    • We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human...
    • Images also indicated that gel porosity was in the nanometer range, similar to previously characterized hyperporous beads generated using the same sol-gel methods, which limits mobility of encapsulated cells (Fig 2B )...
    • It is noteworthy that biological phenomena occur at scales ranging from nanometers to megameters, and from nanoseconds to gigaannums. - 2017, Ashok K. Goel et al., “Is Biologically Inspired Design Domain Independent?”,...

Origin

Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- English meter English nanometer From nano- + meter.

Forms

nanometers

Derived

NanoPutian subnanometer