PICOMETRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does picometre mean? 

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

1. a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PICOMETRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

micromicron; picometer; picometre

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "picometre"):

femtometer; femtometre; fermi (a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter)

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

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

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)