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- noun Plural form of
picometer .
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Examples
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The wavelength of gamma rays used for this process is on the order of picometers.
Get ready for the government to look at you with X-ray eyes. Ann Althouse 2009
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Their wavelengths are 100 picometers to 10 nanometers.
Terri Schiavo news 2005
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The material has demonstrated r33 values in excess of 250 picometers per volt at 1550 nanometers, extraordinary thermal stability and robust resistance to photo bleaching.
unknown title 2011
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The new materials are distinguished by very high electro-optical properties in excess of 250 picometers per volt and excellent thermal and photo stability recently confirmed by independent research laboratories.
unknown title 2011
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Keeping in tune with these accomplishments, the NIST team is currently working on devising an instrument that could pull on a single atom from a chain of like atoms, with a precision level of 5 picometers.
Softpedia News - Global Tudor Vieru 2010
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Gamma rays typically have frequencies above 1019 Hz, and therefore have energies above 100 keV and wavelength less than 10 picometers, often smaller than an atom.
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Just three weeks after its installation at the Univ. of Texas San Antonio campus, the latest transmission electron microscope from JEOL delivered data on silicon samples that resolved down to 78 picometers, a level that enables atom-by-atom chemical mapping.
D Mag - News 2010
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Gamma rays typically have frequencies above 1019 Hz, and therefore have energies above 100 keV and wavelength less than 10 picometers, often smaller than an atom.
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Just three weeks after its installation at the Univ. of Texas San Antonio campus, the latest transmission electron microscope from JEOL delivered data on silicon samples that resolved down to 78 picometers, a level that enables atom-by-atom chemical mapping.
D Mag - News 2010
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Just three weeks after its installation at the Univ. of Texas San Antonio campus, the latest transmission electron microscope from JEOL delivered data on silicon samples that resolved down to 78 picometers, a level that enables atom-by-atom chemical mapping.
D Mag - News 2010
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