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nanonewtons

nanonewtons is the plural of nanonewton.

Meaning of nanonewton

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

Questions about nanonewtons

What is nanonewtons the plural of?
Nanonewtons is the plural of nanonewton.

Words near nanonewtons in the dictionary

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

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