nanometers

[nan-uh-mee-ter, ney-nuh-]

nan·o·me·ter

[nan-uh-mee-ter, ney-nuh-]
noun
one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm
Compare millimicron.


Origin:
1960–65; nano- + meter1
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Nanometers is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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nanometer   (nān'ə-mē'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
One billionth (10-9) of a meter.
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