Metre vs Nanometre - What's the difference?
metre | nanometre |
(en noun)
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités). It is equal to (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
* 1797 , The Monthly magazine and British register , No. 3
* 1873 , The Young Englishwoman , April
* 1928 , The Observer , April 15
(British, rare)
(poetry, music) To put into metrical form.
An SI subunit of length equal to 10-9 metres. Symbol: nm
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As nouns the difference between metre and nanometre
is that metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités). It is equal to 3947/127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches while nanometre is an SI subunit of length equal to 10-9 metres. Symbol: nm.As a verb metre
is an alternative spelling of lang=en.metre
English
(wikipedia metre)Alternative forms
* meterEtymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
- The measures of length above the metre' are ten times ... greater than the ' metre .
- A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.
- The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.
Usage notes
* This, rather than meter'', is the spelling adopted by the chose to use ''meter in accordance with the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual.Synonyms
* mDerived terms
* cubic metre * metrology * metric * metre per second * square metreSee also
*External links
*SI prefixes*
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Verb
(metr)Usage notes
The standard spelling of the verb meaning to measure'' is meter''' throughout the English-speaking world. The use of the spelling ' metre for this sense (outside music and poetry) is possibly mis-spelling.Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) metrum, from (etyl) SeeVerb
(metr)See also
* metronome * metric *Anagrams
* * * ----nanometre
English
Alternative forms
* (US ) nanometerNoun
(en noun)citation, passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer , the eon and the light-year.}}