nm

1. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter (synset 113679972)
   is a type of: metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric terms
   has: a, angstrom, angstrom unit - a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
   is a part of: micrometer, micron - a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
   same as: micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre
2. A state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border (synset 109137349)
   is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
   has:

   • carlsbad caverns national park - a national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations
   • albuquerque - the largest city in New Mexico; located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river
   • carlsbad - a town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border; potash deposits
   • farmington - a town in northwestern New Mexico
   • gallup - a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border
   • las cruces - a town in southern New Mexico on the Rio Grande
   • los alamos - a town in north central New Mexico; in 1942 it was chosen as a nuclear research site where the first atomic bombs were produced
   • roswell - a town in southeast New Mexico
   • capital of new mexico, santa fe - capital of the state of New Mexico; located in north central New Mexico
   • silver city - a town in southwestern New Mexico
   • taos - an artist colony in northern New Mexico
   • chihuahuan desert - a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico
   • brazos, brazos river - a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico
   • canadian, canadian river - a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma
   • carlsbad caverns - a group of caverns in southeastern New Mexico noted for their stalactites and stalagmites
   • cimarron, cimarron river - a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River
   • colorado plateau - a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner
   • gila, gila river - a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River
   • guadalupe mountains - a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains
   • llano estacado - a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains
   • pecos, pecos river - a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas
   • sacramento mountains - mountain range in New Mexico to the east of the Rio Grande
   • wheeler peak - a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains
   is a part of:

   • southwest, southwestern united states - the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado
   • america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
   same as: land of enchantment, n.m., new mexico

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