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- noun metrology An
SI unit of force equal to 10−12newtons .
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The measurement accuracy of these experiments is better than 1 piconewton -- which is equal to the gravitational force that two adults exert on each other over a distance of more than half a kilometer.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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The difference between the force of a neutral gold atom and that of a gold atom charged with an additional electron, for example, was found to be only about 11 piconewton, measured at the minimum distance to the tip of about half a nanometer above the atom.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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The difference between the force of a neutral gold atom and that of a gold atom charged with an additional electron, for example, was found to be only about 11 piconewton, measured at the minimum distance to the tip of about half a nanometer above the atom.
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The measurement accuracy of these experiments is better than 1 piconewton-which is equal to the gravitational force that two adults exert on each other over a distance of more than half a kilometer.
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The difference between the force of a neutral gold atom and that of a gold atom charged with an additional electron, for example, was found to be only about 11 piconewton, measured at the minimum distance to the tip of about half a nanometer above the atom.
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