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nanometer

US/ˈnænəˌmitɚ/

nanometer is the US spelling of nanometre.

Meaning of nanometre

Noun

nanometre (plural nanometres)

  1. An SI subunit of length equal to 10⁻⁹ metres.
    • Holonyms: micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre

Forms of nanometer

pluralnanometers

Origin of nanometer

From nano- + meter.

Words formed from nanometer

Questions about nanometer

What is nanometer the US spelling of?
Nanometer is the US spelling of nanometre.
How do you pronounce nanometer?
Nanometer is pronounced /ˈnænəˌmitɚ/ (US).

Words near nanometer in the dictionary

  1. nanomeshes
  2. nanometal
  3. nanometallic
  4. nanometallurgy
  5. nanometals
  6. nanometer
  7. nanometers
  8. nanometre
  9. nanometres
  10. nanometric
  11. nanometrical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nanometer (page history and authors); nanometre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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