Nanometre
Abbreviated as nm, unit of length equal to 10-9 metres, and equal to 10 Å (Angstroms).
| nanometre | Object |
| 1,000,000 = 1 mm | Diameter of pin head |
| 100,000 | Width of a human hair |
| 10,000 | Size of red blood cell MEMS |
| 1,000 = 1µm | Width of circuit lines on a chip |
| 100 | Size of a Virus |
| 10 | The distance between the head on a hard disk drive and the media. |
| 1 = 1nm | diameter of a buckyball, diameter of DNA |
| 0.1 = 1 Angstrom | diameter of hydrogen atom |
Subjects: Units