picometre

Questions about picometre

What does picometre mean?

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

How many syllables are in picometre?

picometre has 3 syllables: pi-co-metre. The stress falls on "pi".

What is another word for picometre?

Close synonyms include picometer, 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 picometre a common word?

picometre 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.