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nanonewton

nanonewton noun: one billionth (10⁻⁹) of a newton.

Noun

nanonewton (plural nanonewtons)

  1. One billionth (10⁻⁹) of a newton.
    • By using different surface chemistries for the attachment, it was found that the silicon-carbon bond ruptured at 2.0 ± 0.3 nanonewtons, whereas the sulfur-gold anchor ruptured at 1.4 ± 0.3 nanonewtons at force-loading rates of 10 nanonewtons per second.1999, Michel Grandbois, Martin Beyer, Matthias Rief, Hauke Clausen-Schaumann, Hermann E. Gaub, “How Strong Is a Covalent Bond”, in Science, volume 283, number 5408, →DOI, page 1727

Forms of nanonewton

pluralnanonewtons

Origin of nanonewton

From nano- + newton.

Questions about nanonewton

What does nanonewton mean?
Nanonewton means one billionth (10⁻⁹) of a newton.
What part of speech is nanonewton?
Nanonewton is a noun.
What is the plural of nanonewton?
The plural of nanonewton is nanonewtons.

Words near nanonewton in the dictionary

  1. nanoneedles
  2. nanonet
  3. nanonets
  4. nanonetwork
  5. nanonetworks
  6. nanonewton
  7. nanonewtons
  8. Nanong
  9. nanoobject
  10. nanoobjects
  11. nanoohm

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