nano

prefix denoting 10 to the −9th power
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Nano is an SI prefix[1]. It is used within the International System of Units to denote a specific multiplicative factor when forming decimal multiples and submultiples of units[1].

nano

Summary

nano is a SI prefix[1]. nano ranks in the top 9% of si_prefix entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • nano's instance of is recorded as SI prefix[3].
  • nano's instance of is recorded as UCUM prefix[4].
  • nano's follows is recorded as pico-[5].
  • nano's followed by is recorded as micro[6].
  • nano's Commons category is recorded as Nano[7].
  • nano's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • nano's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01cyy9[9].
  • nano's numeric value is recorded as {'amount': '+0.000000001'}[10].
  • nano's defining formula is recorded as 10^{-9}[11].
  • nano's wurvoc.org measure ID is recorded as nano[12].
  • nano's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as nano[13].
  • nano's IUPAC Gold Book ID is recorded as N04082[14].
  • nano's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'n'}[15].
  • nano's World of Physics ID is recorded as Nano[16].
  • nano's Language Council of Norways termwiki ID is recorded as 4200[17].
  • nano's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[18].
  • nano's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780357685[19].
  • nano's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Metric_System/Scaling_Prefixes/nano-[20].
  • nano's Wolfram Language unit code is recorded as "Nano"[21].
  • nano's UCUM code is recorded as n[22].
  • nano's IEV number is recorded as 112-02-15[23].
  • nano's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2780357685[24].
  • nano's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as nano-b3e71b[25].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for nano include iPod nano[26], an audio player software[27]; nanotechnology[28], a branch of engineering[29]; nanoscience[30], an academic discipline[31]; and Nanotale[32], a video game[33].

Why It Matters

nano ranks in the top 9% of si_prefix entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).[2] nano has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] nano is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for nano include iPod nano[26], an audio player software[27]; nanotechnology[28], a branch of engineering[29]; nanoscience[30], an academic discipline[31]; and Nanotale[32], a video game[33].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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