picometer

Questions about picometer

What does picometer mean?

picometer means "a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter".

How many syllables are in picometer?

picometer has 4 syllables and divides as pi-co-me-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for picometer?

Close synonyms include picometre, micromicron. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is picometer a common word?

picometer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.