angstrom
See also: Appendix:Variations of "angstrom"
English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Swedish ångström, named after Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæŋstɹəm/, /ˈæŋstɹʌm/[1][2]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæŋstɹəm/, /ˈæŋstɹʌm/, /ˈɔŋstɹəm/[1][2][3]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæŋstɹʌm/
- Hyphenation: ang‧strom
Noun
editangstrom (plural angstroms)
- (physics, metrology) 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.
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editTranslations
edita very small unit of length, 10−10 m
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References
edit- “angstrom”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Portuguese
editNoun
editangstrom m (plural angstroms)
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