angstrom

See also ångström, and ångstrom

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Angstrom, angstrom unit, ångström, ångstrom, angström

Etymology

From the name of the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɔŋstrəm/

Noun

angstrom (plural angstroms)

1. (physics) A very small unit of length, 10^-10 m, approximately the size of an atom, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms. Symbol Å

Translations

A very small unit of length, 10^-10 m

• Arabic: أنغستروم (ar) ('anghstruum) m, أنجستروم (ar) ('angstruum) m
• Bulgarian: ангстрьом (bg) (ángstr'om) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃格斯特朗 (cmn) (āigésītèlǎng), 埃 (cmn) (āi)

• Danish: ångstrøm (da) c
• Dutch: ångström (nl)
• Esperanto: angstromo (eo)
• Finnish: ångström (fi)
• French: ångström (fr) m, angström (fr) m, aangström (fr) m

• German: Ångström (de) n, Angström (de) n
• Hebrew: אנגסטרום (he)
• Irish: angstram (ga) m, aonad Angstrom (ga) m
• Japanese: オングストローム (ja) (ongusutorōmu)
• Korean: 옹스트롬 (ko) (ongseuteurom)
• Russian: ангстрем (ru) (ángstrɛm) m
• Spanish: angstrom (es) m
• Swedish: ångström (sv)