Nanometre vs Millimicron - What's the difference?
nanometre | millimicron | Synonyms |
An SI subunit of length equal to 10-9 metres. Symbol: nm
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Millimicron is a synonym of nanometre.
As nouns the difference between nanometre and millimicron
is that nanometre is an SI subunit of length equal to 10-9 metres. Symbol: nm while millimicron is a unit of length equal to one thousandth of a micron.nanometre
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* (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.}}