FEMTOMETRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does femtometre mean? 

• FEMTOMETRE (noun)
  The noun FEMTOMETRE has 1 sense:

1. a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter

  Familiarity information: FEMTOMETRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEMTOMETRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

femtometer; femtometre; fermi

Hypernyms ("femtometre" is a kind of...):

metric linear unit (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)

Holonyms ("femtometre" is a part of...):

micromicron; picometer; picometre (a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter)

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)