angstrom

See also: Appendix:Variations of "angstrom"

English

Alternative forms

• Angstrom
• angström
• ångstrom
• ångström

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish ångström, named after Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋstɹəm/, /ˈæŋstɹʌm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋstɹəm/, /ˈæŋstɹʌm/, /ˈɔŋstɹəm/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋstɹʌm/
• Hyphenation: ang‧strom

Noun

angstrom (plural angstroms)

1. (physics, metrology) A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.

Synonyms

• Å
• angstrom unit
• AU
• ㍳

 

Derived terms

• angstrom star
• microangstrom
• milliangstrom
• subangstrom

 

Coordinate terms

• micron (μ)

 

Translations

a very small unit of length, 10⁻¹⁰ m

• Arabic: أَنْغْسْتْرُوم m (ʔanḡstrūm), أَنْجْسْتْرُوم m (ʔangstrūm)
• Armenian: անգստրոմ (angstrom)
• Bulgarian: а́нгстрьом m (ángstrjom)
• Catalan: àngstrom (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: ångstrøm c
• Dutch: ångström (nl)
• Esperanto: angstromo
• Finnish: ångström (fi)
• French: ångström (fr) m, angström (fr) m, aangström m
• German: Ångström (de) n, Angström n
• Greek: άνγκστρομ n (ángkstrom)
• Hebrew: אנגסטרום (he)
• Hungarian: ångström (hu)
• Irish: angstram m, aonad Angstrom m
• Japanese: オングストローム (ja) (ongusutorōmu)
• Khmer: អង់ស្ត្រុម (ʼɑngstrom)
• Korean: 옹스트롬 (ongseuteurom)
• Malay: angstrom
• Polish: angstrem (pl) m
• Portuguese: angstrom (pt) m
• Russian: а́нгстрем (ru) m (ángstrɛm)
• Slovak: ångström m
• Spanish: ángstrom m
• Swedish: ångström (sv)
• Thai: อังสตรอม (th)
• Turkish: ångström (tr)

References

• “angstrom”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Portuguese

Noun

angstrom m (plural angstroms)

1. (physics) angstrom (a very small unit of length, 10^-10 m)