Picometre

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The picometre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: pm) or picometer (American spelling) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 10−12 m, or one trillionth (⁠1/1000000000000⁠) of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length. The picometre is one thousand femtometres, one thousandth of a nanometre (⁠1/1000⁠ nm), one millionth of a micrometre (also known as a micron), one billionth of a millimetre, and one trillionth of a metre. The symbol μμ was once used for it. It is also one hundredth of an ångström, an internationally known (but non-SI) unit of length.

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