Dictionary

angstrom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈæŋstɹəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɔŋstɹəm/ (General-American)
• /ˈæŋstɹəm/ (General-American)
• /ˈæŋstɹʌm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈæŋstɹʌm/ (General-American)
• /ˈæŋstɹʌm/ (Australia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish ångström, named after Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström.

Meanings

1. A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.

Forms

Coordinates

micron

Deriveds

subangstrom · angstrom star · milliangstrom · microangstrom · nanoangstrom

Synonyms

angstrom unit · AU · Å · ㍳

Translations (38)

pt angstrom (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · ja オングストローム (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · ko 옹스트롬 (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · ru а́нгстрем (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · id angstrom (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · tr ångström (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · hy անգստրոմ (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · ar أَنْجْسْتْرُوم (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · he אנגסטרום (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · hu ångström (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · sv ångström (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · nb ångstrøm (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · ga aonad Angstrom (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · fr aangström (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · de Ångström (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · fr ångström (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · cmn 埃米 (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · fi ångström (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · da ångstrøm (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · bg а́нгстрьом (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · pl angstrem (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · eo angstromo (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · de Angström (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · ca àngstrom (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · ms angstrom (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · es ángstrom (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · nn ångstrøm (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · cmn 埃斯特朗 (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · ga angstram (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · nl ångström (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · cmn 埃格斯特朗 (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · cmn 埃 (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · th อังสตรอม (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · ar أَنْغْسْتْرُوم (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · sk ångström (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · fr angström (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · km អង់ស្ត្រុម (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m) · el άνγκστρομ (a very small unit of length, 10−10 m)