Angstrom, Anders J.


Ångström,

Anders J., Swedish physicist, 1814-1874. ångström - a unit of wavelength, 10-10 m, roughly the diameter of an atom; equivalent to 0.1 nm. Synonym(s): Ångström unitÅngström law - a substance absorbs light of the same wavelength as it emits when luminous.Ångström scale - a table of wavelengths of a large number of light rays corresponding to as many Fraunhofer lines in the spectrum.Ångström unit - Synonym(s): ångström