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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom unit, A]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Anders J. Ångström Date: 1892 a unit of length equal to one ten-billionth of a meter

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also aringngström) a unit of length equal to 10-10 metre. Usage: Symb.: Aring. Etymology: A.J. Aringngström, Swedish physicist d. 1874