a tiny
unit of length which is used to
measure wavelengths of light, and equals one hundred-millionth of a centimeter. It is named after A.J. Angstrom, a Swedish
physicist who made many
studies of light. See also
wavelength in this glossary. What's he talking about? What light? Well, now, I
don't even think he says it's the light between thirty-six hundred angstroms and fifty-six hundred angstroms.
-A Summary of Study (4 Aug. 64) one hundred-millionth of a centimeter, a
unit used in measuring the length of light waves. Well, I
don't even think he says it's the light between thirty-six hundred angstroms and fifty-six hundred angstroms.
- A Summary of Study (4 Aug. 64) n. a
unit of measurement equal to 100-trillionths of a
meter, approximately four-billionths of an inch (or around a millionth the diameter of a human hair). Named after Swedish astronomer and
physicist Anders Jonas ?ngstr?m (1814–1874), the angstrom is used to
measure extremely small thicknesses, distances, etc. For
example, the diameter of most
atoms is one to four angstroms.