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Meaning of "nanometre" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NANOMETRE

nanometre  [ˈnænəʊˌmiːtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NANOMETRE

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determiner
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Nanometre is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NANOMETRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nanometre

The nanometre or nanometer is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one billionth of a metre. The name combines the SI prefix nano- with the parent unit name metre. It can be written in scientific notation as 1×10−9 m, in engineering notation as 1 E−9 m, and is simply 1 / 1,000,000,000 m. One nanometre equals ten angstroms.

Definition of nanometre in the English dictionary

The definition of nanometre in the dictionary is one thousand-millionth of a metre nm.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NANOMETRE


ammeter
ˈæmˌmiːtə
autometer
ˈɔːtəʊˌmiːtə
centimetre
ˈsɛntɪˌmiːtə
decimeter
ˈdɛsɪˌmiːtə
dekameter
ˈdɛkəˌmiːtə
flowmeter
ˈfləʊˌmiːtə
hectometer
ˈhɛktəʊˌmiːtə
hectometre
ˈhɛktəʊˌmiːtə
luxmeter
ˈlʌksˌmiːtə
micrometre
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌmiːtə
millimetre
ˈmɪlɪˌmiːtə
multimeter
ˈmʌltɪˌmiːtə
nanometer
ˈnænəʊˌmiːtə
ohmmeter
ˈəʊmˌmiːtə
picometre
ˈpiːkəʊˌmiːtə
ratemeter
ˈreɪtˌmiːtə
Rotameter
ˈrəʊtəˌmiːtə
submillimeter
sʌbˈmɪlɪˌmiːtə
voltmeter
ˈvəʊltˌmiːtə
wattmeter
ˈwɒtˌmiːtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NANOMETRE

nanobe
nanobee
nanodot
nanogram
nanogramme
nanograss
nanomaterial
nanometer
nanook
nanoparticle
nanophysics
nanoplankton
nanopublishing
nanoscale
nanosecond
nanotech
nanotechnology
nanotesla
nanotube
nanowatt

WORDS THAT END LIKE NANOMETRE

ballad metre
Chile saltpetre
common metre
decametre
decimetre
dekametre
kilometre
long metre
metre
micromillimetre
mismetre
saltpetre
short metre

Synonyms and antonyms of nanometre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nanometre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NANOMETRE

Find out the translation of nanometre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nanometre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nanometre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

纳米
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nanómetros
570 millions of speakers

English

nanometre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नैनोमीटर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نانومتر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нанометрового
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nanômetros
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ন্যানোমিটার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nanomètre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nanometer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nanometer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ナノメートル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나노 미터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nanometer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nanomet
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நானோமீட்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नामानोमीटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nanometre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nanometri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nanometr
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нанометрового
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nanometri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νανομέτρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nanometer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nanometer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nanometer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nanometre

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NANOMETRE»

The term «nanometre» is regularly used and occupies the 76.785 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NANOMETRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nanometre» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nanometre» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nanometre

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NANOMETRE»

Discover the use of nanometre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nanometre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nanometre-scale Germanium Photodetector Enhanced by Optical ...
In our first approach to tackle this problem, we use a C-shaped nano-aperture antenna in a thin metal layer to enhance the photocurrent response of a subwavelength photodetector.
Liang Tang, 2008
2
Challenges in Nanometre Digital Integrated Circuit Design
Then a scheme to compensate for Within-Die (WID) variations in domino logic is presented; the new technique reduces the variation in leakage, delay and noise margin with a small area overhead.
Navid Azizi, 2007
3
Multi-scale Thermal and Circuit Analysis for Nanometre-scale ...
Chip temperature is increasing with continued technology scaling due to increased power density and decreased device feature sizes.
Nicholas Allec, 2008
4
Handbook of Technical Diagnostics: Fundamentals and ...
A quasi nondestructive technique will be described which enables us to obtain detailed information of a material's state at a certain site of interest down to a depth of 10 pm from the surface with nanometre or even atomistic resolution.
Horst Czichos, 2013
5
Development of an XY Stage Operating in the Nanometre Regime ...
Accurate stiffness determination is critical for flexures used in high accuracy positioning.
Shaun Patrick Salisbury, 2007
6
Surface Modification of Textiles
8.1 Introduction Nanotechnology deals with materials having at least one dimension in the nanometre scale, and includes nanoparticles, nanorods, nanowires, thin films and bulk materials made of nanoscale building structures ( Cao, 2004).
Q Wei, 2009
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Scaling Issues and Design of MEMS
Nanometre-scale mechanical resonators can be fabricated from singlecrystal silicon substrates by means of electron-beam lithography and silicon micromachining techniques, as shown in Cleland and Roukes (1996), where the fabrication ...
Salvatore Baglio, Salvatore Castorina, Nicolo Savalli, 2008
8
Elements of Physical Chemistry
Another advantage of making nanometre-sized electronic devices, or nanodevices, is the possibility of using quantum mechanical effects. For example, electron tunnelling between two conducting regions separated by a thin insulating region ...
Peter Atkins, Julio de Paula, 2013
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Electron Microscopy and Analysis 1999: Proceedings of the ...
The book presents the wide-ranging applications of these techniques in materials science, metallurgy, and surface science.
C. J. Kiely, 1999
10
Properties of Amorphous Carbon
D SOME NANOMETRE-SCALE PROPERTIES OF a-C FILMS DETERMINED BY STM/AFM Another application of AFM for a-C films includes characterisation of the mechanical [19,20], tribological [21,22], frictional [23,24] and chemical ...
S. R. P. Silva, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NANOMETRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nanometre is used in the context of the following news items.
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DNA rendering of polyhedral meshes at the nanoscale
It was suggested more than thirty years ago that Watson–Crick base pairing might be used for the rational design of nanometre-scale structures ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Nanotechnology: Pathfinder for DNA constructs
The self-assembly of DNA molecules has established itself as a method of choice for the fabrication of nanometre-scale objects, but new ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
Make mine a decaf: breakthrough in knowledge of how …
... until the clusters grew to nanometre-sized particles. This process continued until the nanoparticles reached the maximum size possible which ... «Nanowerk, Jul 15»
4
Science fiction: Star-flight dreaming
They discover that Aurora harbours nanometre-scale organisms they deem a possible “interim step toward life”, and disquietingly note that ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
5
Computational imaging: Machine learning for 3D microscopy
For example, Kamilov et al. recover the 3D 'phase' of a biological cell — the nanometre-scale distortions of a wavefront as it passes through an ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
6
Much more Moore's Law, as boffins assemble atom-level transistor
Until that happens, the giants of microelectronics will just have to struggle along with 10 nanometre fabrication. ®. Sponsored: VersaStack for ... «The Register, Jul 15»
7
Transistor created from a single molecule and a dozen atoms
The above research and discoveries could be important in the advancement of miniaturised electronics into the single figure nanometre realms. «HEXUS, Jul 15»
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Intel time delay in delivering new chip signals a slowdown of …
Where a two-year gap from reaching full production would suggest sometime in mid-2016, Intel announced the first 10-nanometre chips could ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
9
Focus on practical plasmonic and metamaterial applications
The prospect of controlling the properties of light with nanometre-scale precision by coupling electromagnetic fields to the oscillation of free ... «Next Big Future, Jul 15»
10
New 7 nm chip from IBM
IBM recently announced that they had produced the first 7-nanometre semiconductor test chip with functioning transistors. The level of ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Nanometre [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nanometre>. May 2024 ».
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