Nanometre
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A nanometre (in American English nanometer) is 10-9 metres.
Its abbreviation is nm.
It is an SI measure of length, commonly used in measuring the wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation and gamma rays; amongst other things.
For a list of objects several nanometres large, see 1 E-9 m.
1 nm = 1000 picometre.
1000 nm = 1 micrometre aka 1 micron.
External link
Conversion Calculator for Units of LENGTH
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Nanometre" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanometre, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
