strəm noun ( often initial capital letter )
a unit of length, equal to one tenth of a millimicron, or one ten millionth of a millimeter, primarily used to express electromagnetic wavelengths. Symbol: Å; Abbreviation: A
Also called angstrom unit, Angstrom unit.
Origin:
1895–1900; named after A. J. Ångström
1895–1900; named after A. J. Ångström
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| —n | |
| Also called: angstrom unit, Å, A a unit of length equal to 10--10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre | |
| [C20: named after Anders J. | |
| Ångström (ˈæŋstrəm, Swedish ˈɔŋstrœm) | |
| —n | |
| Anders Jonas (ˈandərs ˈjuːnas). 1814--74, Swedish physicist, noted for his work on spectroscopy and solar physics | |
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angstrom
unit of length equal to one hundred millionth of a centimeter (used to measure wavelengths of light), 1892, named for Swed. physicist Anders Ångström (1814-1874).
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angstrom ang·strom or ång·strom (āng'strəm)
n.
Abbr. A, Å, angst
A unit of length equal to one hundred millionth (10-8) of a centimeter, used especially to specify radiation wavelengths.
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Science Dictionary
angstrom  (āng'strəm) Pronunciation Key
A unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth (10-10) of a meter. It was once used to measure wavelengths of light and the diameters of atoms, but has now been mostly replaced by the nanometer. |
| Ångström (āng'strəm) Pronunciation Key
Swedish physicist and astronomer who pioneered the use of the spectroscope in the analysis of radiation. By studying the spectrum of visible light given off by the Sun, Ångström discovered that there is hydrogen in the Sun's atmosphere. The angstrom unit of measurement is named for him. |
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angstrom
unit of length used chiefly in measuring wavelengths of light, equal to 1010 metre, or 0.1 nanometer. It is named for the 19th-century Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Angstrom. The angstrom and multiples of it, the micron (104 A) and the millimicron (10 A), are also used to measure such quantities as molecular diameters and the thickness of films on liquids
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