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picometer
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picometer
One trillionth of a meter. Pronounced "pee-co-meter," picometers are used to measure atomic structures. See nanometer.


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To detect such small differences, the masses would be held on ultra-delicate springs and the position of each mass measured to within about 1 picometre by a comb-like device whose capacitance varies as the mass moves up or down.
 
 
 
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