: a unit of length equal to one ten-billionth of a meter
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebIn the best cases, researchers can now make maps with resolutions below 2 angstroms, putting cryo-EM on par with crystallography. Eric Hand, Science | AAAS, 23 Jan. 2020 The technique allowed them to see Zika at a resolution of just 3.1 angstroms. Jaclyn Jeffrey-wilensky, STAT, 26 June 2018 Gaps between the probes measure a mere 100 angstroms – roughly the space occupied by 66 hydrogen molecules – which requires the manufacturing process to be perfect, lest a researcher end up looking at the wrong probe. Brian Alexander, WIRED, 1 June 2000
Word History
Etymology
Anders J. Ångström
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
angstrom
noun
ang·strom
ˈaŋ-strəm also ˈȯŋ-
: a unit of length equal to one ten-billionth of a meter