Definition of "nanometers" []

• Plural form of nanometer. (noun)

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• "Measured in nanometers, or billionths of a meter, the scale of the manufacturing has become so small that researchers say they may be within a couple of years of a technological wall - the point at which building smaller or more efficient chips becomes impractical due to power constraints and the physical limits of how close silicon atoms can be placed to each other and still behave as required."
• "The tremendous accomplishment allows Intel to squeeze features on each chip down to 45 nanometers from the current standard of 65 nanometers."
• "Along with the common name and/or acronym for each fluorescent protein, the peak absorption and emission wavelengths (given in nanometers), molar extinction coefficient, quantum yield, relative brightness, and in vivo structural associations are listed."