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Noun: nm
  1. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
    "The thickness of the coating was 50 nms";
    - nanometer [US], nanometre [Brit, Cdn], millimicron [Brit], micromillimeter [US], micromillimetre [Brit, Cdn]
Noun: N.M.
  1. A state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border
    - New Mexico, Land of Enchantment, NM

Derived forms: nms

Type of: American state, metric linear unit

Part of: America, 'Merica, micrometer[2] [US], micrometre [Brit, Cdn], micron, Southwest, southwestern United States, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: Nm