angstrom
Meaning
Noun
- A unit of length equal to 10−10 meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
Origin
- Borrowed from Swedish Angstrom, .
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