1) pinkuskeið (pico-hectometre)
(pinku- (pico, both the italian and icelandic prefix mean 'small') + skeið ((The Icelandic word for 'hectometre', proposed at the beginning of the 20th century and derived from 'skeiðrúm', which was the icelandic translation of stadium, a classical unit of lenght corresponding with 125 metres. See 'ritmálssafn orðabókar háskólans' under 'hektómetri').
2) dyrgilröstngur (pico hectometre)
Another possibility for to replace 'hektómetri' is 'röstungur', a diminutive of 'röst', which was used for 'kilometer'. The icelandic 'dyrgill' is mentioned in the Íslensk orðsifjabók as a diminutive of 'dwarf' and could serve as an Icelandic equivalent of pico-, which is one magnitude of lenght smaller than 'nano', which means 'dwarf' (Icel. dvergur).
3) angstraumur
Icelandification of name of the Swedish scientist, which means 'meadow stream'.
4) rófstika
Refers to its use in spectroscopy.
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