Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: femtometer
Usage: US (elsewhere: femtometre)
  1. A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
    "The size of an atomic nucleus is measured in femtometers";
    - femtometre [Brit, Cdn], fermi

Derived forms: femtometers

Type of: metric linear unit

Part of: micromicron, picometer [US], picometre [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Femtometer