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angstrom

(n): a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
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9 months ago sionnach said:

measure of computer-related anxiety equivalent to 1000 nail-bytes

11 months ago John said:

Point sionnach, for the Updike reference! I enjoyed the Rabbit series, but I *love* The Centaur.

11 months ago sionnach said:

So how many tera-angstroms in a Rabbit Angstrom?

11 months ago reesetee said:

True. Tera-angstrom it is.

11 months ago seanahan said:

A mega-angstrom is still really small, 10^-4. I think you should start with Tera-angstrom and work your way up from there.

11 months ago reesetee said:

Mega-angstrom?

11 months ago John said:

Ha! Though that implies your emotional pain is very, very small, since an angstrom is also "A unit of measure for a wavelength of light equal to ten one billionths of a meter or one-tenth of a nanometer. 10^-10 meters", according to this.

about 1 year ago sionnach said:

unit of emotional pain

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