Nanometer

One billionth of a meter.

A unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter (.000000001 meter).

Is a unit of measurement of light wavelength. A nanometer is one millionth of a millimeter. Once called a millimicron, it is used to represent wavelength. Abbreviated nm.

Equivalent to 0.039 micro-inches

1 nanometer is equal to: Metric kilometer	1e-12 meter	1e-09 decimeter	1e-08 centimeter	1e-07 millimeter	1e-06 micrometre (micron)	0.001 angstrom	10

also see Quantum_Physics

[http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/units/length/length.nanometer.en.html nanometer (Distance and Length, Metric)]

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The Nanometer Structure Consortium

Nanometer-scale Science and Technology Division

AMD enters the 90-nanometer zone

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