angstrom

Noun

ang=strom

WORDNET DICTIONARY

angstrom(n = noun.quantity) a, angstrom unit - a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation; Array

is a kind of metric linear unit

has parts: micromicron, picometer, picometre

is a part of micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm

angstrom, n. (also {aring}ngstr{ouml}m) a unit of length equal to 10-10 metre.

Usage

Symb.: {Aring}.

Etymology

A.J. {Aring}ngstr{ouml}m, Swedish physicist d. 1874

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