Nanometers in A Sentence

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    Infrared has a longer wavelength than red light; its wavelength is 780 to 1400 nm (nanometers).

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    The visible spectrum has a wavelength from red's approximately 700 nm (nanometers = billionths of a meter) to violet's mere 400 nm.

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    When imaging macromolecules, a large region, about 100 square nanometers, of the AFM tip makes contact with the molecule.