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nm
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Noun nm has 2 senses
- nm(n = noun.quantity) micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre - a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter; Array is a kind of metric linear unit
- nm(n = noun.location) land of enchantment, new mexico - a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border; Array is a part of southwest, southwestern united states, america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa
has parts: a, angstrom, angstrom unit
is a part of micrometer, micron
has parts: carlsbad caverns national park, albuquerque, carlsbad, farmington, gallup, las cruces, los alamos, roswell, capital of new mexico, santa fe, silver city, taos, chihuahuan desert, brazos, brazos river, canadian, canadian river, carlsbad caverns, cimarron, cimarron river, colorado plateau, gila, gila river, guadalupe mountains, llano estacado, pecos, pecos river, sacramento mountains, wheeler peak
is a kind of american state
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Length
N length, longitude, span, mileage, distance, line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius, lengthening, prolongation, production, protraction, tension, tensure, extension, line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league, chain, link, arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara, astronomical unit, AU, light- year, parsec, nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km, pedometer, perambulator, scale, long, longsome, lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched, lengthened, sesquipedalian, interminable, no end of, macrocolous, linear, lineal, longitudinal, oblong, as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow, unshortened &c (shorten), lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along, tandem, in a line, in perspective, from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe, fore and aft.
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