Picometre
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Meaning
Picometres (pm) are a unit of distance, displacement and wavelength 1,000,000,000,000 times smaller than the SI Unit; the Metre.
About Picometres
- Picometres are shortened to pm with a lower case p and a lower case m.
- Pico means one trillionth so there are 1,000,000,000,000 picometres in a Metre.
Converting to Picometres
| Unit | To convert | Picometres |
| 1 megametre (1Mm) | Convert to picometres x1018 | 1x1018pm |
| 1 kilometre (1km) | Convert to picometres x1015 | 1x1015pm |
| 1 Metre (1m) | Convert to picometres x1012 | 1x1012pm |
| 1 decimetre 1(dm) | Convert to picometres x1011 | 1x1011pm |
| 1 centimetre 1(mm) | Convert to picometres x1010 | 1x1010pm |
| 1 millimetre 1(mm) | Convert to picometres x109 | 1x109pm |
| 1 micrometre 1(µm) | Convert to picometres x106 | 1x106pm |
| 1 nanometre 1(nm) | Convert to picometres x103 | 1x103pm |
| 1 picometre 1(pm) | Convert to picometres x1 | 1pm |
| 1 femtometre 1(fm) | Convert to picometres x10-3 | 1x10-3pm |