Meanings
plural nanometres
- An SI subunit of length equal to 10⁻⁹ metres.
Meronym: picometre
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Holonyms: micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
A nanometre is one billionth of a metre. A single atom is between a tenth to half a nanometre across; a million or more of them stacked on top of one another would equal the thickness of a piece of paper.
2010 September 2, Thomas Barfield, “Get ready for a world of nanotechnology”, in The GuardianThe resulting nanopasta is 372 nanometres thick, or about the same size as a measles virus.
2024 November 25, Ellen Phiddian, “There's nanna's pasta, and then there's nanopasta”, in Cosmos, Adelaide, S.A.: CSIRO Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
- Latinnānus
- Englishnano-
- Englishmetre
- Englishnanometre
Translations
Catalan nanòmetre
- nanòmetresubunit of length
Chinese Cantonese 納米 /纳米
- 納米 /纳米 (naap⁶ mai⁵)subunit of length
Chinese Mandarin 納米 /纳米, 奈米
- 納米 /纳米 (nàmǐ)subunit of length
- 奈米 (nàimǐ)subunit of length
Czech nanometr
- nanometrsubunit of length
Dutch nanometer
- nanometersubunit of length
Esperanto nanometro
- nanometrosubunit of length
Finnish nanometri
- nanometrisubunit of length
French nanomètre
- nanomètresubunit of length
German Nanometer
- Nanometersubunit of length
Hungarian nanométer
- nanométersubunit of length
Icelandic nanómetri
- nanómetrisubunit of length
Italian nanometro
- nanometrosubunit of length
Japanese ナノメートル
- ナノメートル (nanomētoru)subunit of length
Korean 나노미터
- 나노미터 (nanomiteo)subunit of length
Latvian nanometrs
- nanometrssubunit of length
Polish nanometr
- nanometrsubunit of length
Portuguese nanômetro, nanómetro
- nanômetrosubunit of length
- nanómetrosubunit of length
Romanian nanometru
- nanometrusubunit of length
Russian наноме́тр
- наноме́тр (nanométr)subunit of length
Slovak nanometer
- nanometersubunit of length
Spanish nanómetro
- nanómetrosubunit of length
Swedish nanometer
- nanometersubunit of length
Tagalog nanometro
- nanometrosubunit of length
Thai นาโนเมตร
- นาโนเมตรsubunit of length
Turkish nanometre
- nanometresubunit of length
Vietnamese nanômét
- nanômétsubunit of length
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with nanometre
Cite this entry
nanometre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanometre
“nanometre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanometre. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nanometre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanometre.
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