Nanometre

nanometre
One nanometric carbon nanotube, photographed with scanning tunneling microscope
General information
Unit systemSI
Unit oflength
Symbolnm
Conversions
1 nm in ...... is equal to ...
   SI units   1×10−9 m
   1×103 pm
   Natural units   6.1877×1025 ℓP
 18.897 a0
   imperial/US units   3.9370×10−8 in
Different lengths as in respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, measured by the metre and its derived scales. The nanometre is often used to express dimensions on an atomic scale and mostly in the molecular scale.

The nanometre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: nm), or nanometer (American spelling), is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one billionth (short scale) of a meter (0.000000001 m) and to 1000 picometres. One nanometre can be expressed in scientific notation as 1 × 10-9 m and as ⁠1/1000000000⁠ m.