nanometer

• “A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter, and nanotechnology typically deals with particles and structures larger than 1 nanometer, but smaller than 100 nanometers.”

  Public Awareness Of Nanotechnology Stuck At Low Level | Impact Lab

• “A single nanometer is roughly the size of 20 hydrogen atoms strung together.”

  Another Step Towards an Invisibility Cloak | Impact Lab

• “A nanometer is one billionth of a meter or about 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.”

  2004 June

• “This is why nanotechnology a nanometer is a billionth of a meter and microencapsulation are hot topics in the cosmetic world right now.”

  Simon & Schuster: Simple Skin Beauty

• “In theory, a superlens might be able to attain visual resolution at the level of the nanometer, which is pretty small - a human hair is about 100,000 nanometers wide.”

  Superlens in sight?

• “An nm is a nanometer, which is a billionith 0.0000000001, I think? of a meter?”

  You Want That $360 Billion in Small Bills? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com

• “The word “nano” means “a billionth,” so a nanometer is a billionth of a meter.”

  Simon & Schuster: Bogus to Bubbly

• “The most advanced chips are being designed with circuit widths as small as 45 nanometers -- a nanometer is a billionth of a meter, the width of a few atoms.”

  The Wall Street Journal: From Small Base in Taiwan,

• “They are measured in terms of the nanometer, which is about 100,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.”

  Consumer Reports: Look before we leap into nanotechnology

• “A nanometer is a billionth of a meter, and the measurements refer to the average size of the parts that make up a transistor on the chip.”

  Forbes: Otellini Opens Advanced Chip Plant In Ireland

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