ANGSTROM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does angstrom mean? 

• ANGSTROM (noun)
  The noun ANGSTROM has 1 sense:

1. a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

  Familiarity information: ANGSTROM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGSTROM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

A; angstrom; angstrom unit

Hypernyms ("angstrom" is a kind of...):

metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)

Meronyms (parts of "angstrom"):

micromicron; picometer; picometre (a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter)

Holonyms ("angstrom" is a part of...):

micromillimeter; micromillimetre; millimicron; nanometer; nanometre; nm (a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter)

 Context examples 

In this study, the researchers were able to visualize beta-galactosidase at a resolution of 2.2 angstroms, which is comparable to the level of detail that has thus far been obtained only by using X-ray crystallography.

(Near-atomic resolution of protein structure by electron microscopy holds promise for drug discovery, NIH)