To illustrate this, 1 nanometre is about 1/80,000 of a human hair, a virus is approximately 100 nanometres in size, and one paper-sheet is 100.000 nm thick.
Piemēram, 1 nanometrs ir apmēram 1/80 000 daļa no cilvēka mata, vīruss ir apmēram 100 nanometrus liels, un viena papīra loksne ir 100 000 nanometrus bieza.