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ang·strom or ång·strom  (ngstrm)
n. Abbr. A or Å or angst
A unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth (10-8) of a centimeter, used especially to specify radiation wavelengths. Also called angstrom unit. See Table at measurement.

[After Anders Jonas Ångström.]

angstrom [ˈæŋstrʌm -strəm]
n
(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a unit of length equal to 10-10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre. Symbol Å, A Also called angstrom unit
[named after Anders J. Ångström (1814-74), Swedish physicist]

angstrom  (ngstrm)
A unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth (10-10) of a meter. It was once used to measure wavelengths of light and the diameters of atoms, but has now been mostly replaced by the nanometer.
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Noun1.angstrom - a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric terms
micromicron, picometer, picometre - a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter
micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm - a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
Translations
angstrom [ˈæŋstrʌm] Nangstrom m


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