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.