nanonewton

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noun

One billionth (10⁻⁹) of a newton.

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Meanings

nounnanonewton (plural nanonewtons)

plural nanonewtons

  1. One billionth (10⁻⁹) of a newton.

    By using different surface chemistries for the attachment, it was found that the silicon-carbon bond ruptured at 2.0 ± 0.3 nanonewtons, whereas the sulfur-gold anchor ruptured at 1.4 ± 0.3 nanonewtons at force-loading rates of 10 nanonewtons per second.

    1999, Michel Grandbois, Martin Beyer, Matthias Rief, Hauke Clausen-Schaumann, Hermann E. Gaub, “How Strong Is a Covalent Bond”, in Science, volume 283, number 5408, →DOI, page 1727

Origin

From nano- + newton.

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