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Length > metre > Femtometre

Preferred term

0112/2///62720#UAB063Femtometre  

Definition

  • The $\ extit{femtometre}$ is an SI unit of length equal to $10^{-15} meter$. This distance can also be called $\ extit{fermi}$ and was so named in honour of Enrico Fermi. It is often encountered in nuclear physics as a characteristic of this scale. The symbol for the fermi is also $fm$.

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Notation

  • 0112/2///62720#UAB063
  • A71
  • fm

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https://vocab.sentier.dev/units/unit/FemtoM

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