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ang·strom

or ång·strom (ăng′strəm)

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.

[After Anders Jonas Ångström.]

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angstrom

(ˈæŋstrʌm; -strəm)

(Units) Also called: angstrom unit 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 or A

[C20: named after Anders J. Ångström]

Ångström

(ˈæŋstrəm; Swedish ˈɔŋstrœm)

(Biography) Anders Jonas (ˈandərs ˈjuːnas). 1814–74, Swedish physicist, noted for his work on spectroscopy and solar physics

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ang•strom

(ˈæŋ strəm)

n. (often cap.)

a unit of length, equal to one ten millionth of a millimeter, primarily used to express electromagnetic wavelengths. Symbol: Å; Abbr.: A Also called ang′strom u′nit.

[1895–1900; after A. J. Ångström]

Ång•ström

(ˈæŋ strəm)

n.

Anders Jonas, 1814–74, Swedish astronomer and physicist.

ang·strom

(ăng′strəm)

A unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth (10^-8) of a centimeter. It is used mainly to measure wavelengths of light and shorter electromagnetic radiation.

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ångström

(Å) A unit of length, used mainly to measure the wavelength of light. Named after the Swedish physicist A.J. Ångström (1814–74). Equal to 10-10 m (10-8 cm).

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Noun

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

A, angstrom unit

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

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ångström

angstrom

[ˈæŋstrʌm] N → angstrom m

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