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picometers

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for picometers.

Editorial note

It doesn't really do much for VOCs, which are measured on the order of picometers(0.2 microns = 200,000 picometers).

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Quick take

US spelling of picometre. [(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹² metres. Symbol: pm]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of picometers gathered in one view.

noun

US spelling of picometre. [(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹² metres. Symbol: pm]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for picometers.

noun

US spelling of picometre. [(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹² metres. Symbol: pm]

Example sentences

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It doesn't really do much for VOCs, which are measured on the order of picometers(0.2 microns = 200,000 picometers).

2

Interesting that only a few picometers of atomic shift yields superconductivity at room temperature.

3

The acceptable surface deviation metric is 50 picometers, or 50 trillionths of a meter.

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For example, an electron at 0.9c has an effective wavelength of 1.2pm (picometers).

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According to wikipedia, a 'standard atom' is between 60 and 600 picometers in diameter, so yeah, you'd need transistors the size of atoms.

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Yes, while the ångström is often used for bond lengths, I've only heard of picometers used for smaller lengths.

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A sole hydrogen atom has a bohr radius of about 25 picometers.

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Altho there's a couple ways to define an atomic radius, molybdenum's and silicon's empirically measured covalent atomic radii are 145 and 110 picometers respectively [1].

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In case anyone were wondering, gravitational lensing would only account for 1.6030569323305754e-13 m or 0.16 picometers of laser deflection when the laser would be tangent to earth and the ruler is extended from that same point.

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The electron wavelength is around 4 picometers at low energies.

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How many years until we start measuring chip feature sizes in picometers?

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Next up is picometers, femtometers, attometers, zeptometers, yoctometers, rontometers, and quectometers (not to be confused with quesometers).

Quote examples

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And if an atomic bond is like "hundreds of picometers" that means that there's no real possible way for two hydrogen atoms to stably orbit each other gravitationally without influence from the sun at 100000 AU.

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Specifically, tolerances for surface defects averaged over a "wide" area of 1mm^2 or so are on the order of 50 picometers, which is less than half the distance between two oxygen atoms in a single oxygen molecule.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use picometers in a sentence?

It doesn't really do much for VOCs, which are measured on the order of picometers(0.2 microns = 200,000 picometers).

What does picometers mean?

US spelling of picometre. [(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹² metres. Symbol: pm]

What part of speech is picometers?

picometers is commonly used as noun.