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Definition of Angstrom
1. Noun. A metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
Generic synonyms: Metric Linear Unit
Terms within: Micromicron, Picometer, Picometre
Group relationships: Micromillimeter, Micromillimetre, Millimicron, Nanometer, Nanometre, Nm
Definition of Angstrom
1. Noun. (physics) A very small unit of length, 10-10 m, approximately the size of an atom, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms. Symbol '''Å''' ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of angstrom) ¹
3. Noun. (alternative form of angstrom) ¹
4. Noun. (alternative form of angstrom) ¹
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Definition of Angstrom
1. a unit of length [n -S]
Medical Definition of Angstrom
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Angstrom
Literary usage of Angstrom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spectrum Analysis: Six Lectures, Delivered in 1868, Before the Society of by Henry Enfield Roscoe (1873)
"BY AJ angstrom. A MOST valuable memoir on the ... Spectrum of the Sun has recently
been published by Professor angstrom, of Upsala, accompanied by an atlas ..."
2. Spectrum Analysis in Its Application to Terrestrial Substances, and the by Heinrich Schellen, Jane Lassell, Caroline Lassell (1885)
"... as well as in that of large fires kindled on the mountains. o angstrom of
Upsala in the year 1864 instituted careful investigations of the telluric ..."
3. The Chemistry of the Sun by Joseph Norman Lockyer (1887)
"THE WORK OF angstrom AND ... now pass on to the next step, the work actually
carried on or inspired by another eminent man no longer amongst us, angstrom. ..."
4. Studies in Spectrum Analysis by Joseph Norman Lockyer, Norman Lockyer (1878)
"angstrom and Thalen. angstrom* gives no list such as this, but in its place a
table of coincidences ... Recherches sur le spectre solaire, par AJ angstrom. ..."
5. The Mechanical Engineering of Power Plants by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1897)
"Brown, Marshall, Hackworth, and angstrom Valve-gears.—The valve-gears identified
with the above names are reversing-motions with one eccentric opposite to> ..."
6. A Treatise on Physical Optics by Alfred Barnard Basset (1892)
"angstrom and Thalen shortly afterwards showed, that hydrogen was present in the
sun, and Norman Lockyer has added lead, potassium and a variety of other ..."
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