Sentences with phrase «millionth of a millimetre»
One nanometre (nm) is one millionth of a millimetre.
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«But a molecule is also unbelievably small, about one nanometre, or one millionth of a millimetre,» says Joris Sprakel.
This tunneling current is an exponential function of the separation, which is why the pointed tip is located only a few Ångström (a ten millionth of a millimetre) above the sample.
The X-ray microscope specifically developed for this purpose, permits details of the sample down to 500 millionths of a millimetre (500 nanometres) to be resolved.
A nanometre is a millionth of a millimetre.
«Given the gratings» thickness of a millionth of a millimetre, the interaction time between the mask and the molecule is roughly a trillion times shorter than a second.
Not exact matches
So rather than manipulating objects just a few millionths of a metre across, twisted radio waves could be used to manoeuvre objects several millimetres long.
They include mostly single - celled microfossils ranging from a few micrometres (one - millionth of a metre) to one millimetre in size, and each is made up of a sac of organic tissue (vesicle).