Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The nanotechnology industry, or a product of such industry
Examples
“What is still lacking is a worldwide uniform definition of the term nano materials.”
“I usually dread going running, but most of the time I have fun out on the trail (especially now that the nano is my running partner!).”
“Unfortunately, not for much longer, if the current enthusiasm for the nano is anything to go by.”
“Steven Troughton-Smith was able to find what he described as the nano's equivalent of the iOS”
“It's more like radically improved measurement, through the use of what I call nano data," he says in the”
“They use a proprietary formula of what they call nano-hydraspheres that form a protective web around each and every strand.”
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“The word "nano" is Greek for small, and a nanometer is really small--one billionth of a meter.”
“Nano-Scale Medical Devices With advances in nano-scale engineering, medicine is about to redefine "minimally invasive," says Francis Collins, former leader of the Human Genome Project and current director of the National Institutes of Health.”
“We (or our grandchildren) will be rich enough to deal with it (using the wealth created by self-reproducing factories descended from today's fablabs, 3D printers, and robotic tech generally; nano is nice, but not necessary).”
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“What I too love about nano is getting back to the structure of writing everyday.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘nano’.
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prefix (regular, compound, hyphenate)
cool prefixes to add to anything (noun, verb, adjective) to create a word, compound word or 2 word phrase.
examples: hyper = hypercharge ; phantom = phantom charge.
go...uber, super, hyper, phantom, mega, ultra, quantum, maxi, poli, exo, extra, multi and 25 more...
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Words of Tomorrow
Futuristic words for the atomic age!
laser, nuclear, clone, zephyr, byte, jetpack, android, bot, shatner, vulcan, voltron, nano
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Multiplier Prefixes
Prefixes used in the international system of units to identify multiples of 1,000
kilo, mega, giga, tera, peta, exa, zetta, yotta, micro, nano, pico, milli and 12 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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Words I like
This is a list of my favourite words (phrases) in english, as a second language. I love them mostly because of how they sound and their meaning.
ninja, cookie, skill, zip, plentiful, digg, debris, pancake, cucumber, fetch, pot, backpack and 461 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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horizon, echo, undulation, resonance, reflection, acoustic, swoosh, distant, glide, interspace, marbles, radiant and 144 more...
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nuwerdna's Words
smegma, defenestration, nubile, zeitgeist, stochastic, ergodic, stability, maudlin, recursion, aversion, agent, set and 239 more...
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WrightHandWords's Words
yclept, unction, prana, satya, abhyasa, vairagya, yoga, ashtanga, acronym, etymology, asana, widget and 286 more...
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Aeonn's Words
discombobulation, dank, crass, abolishment, quite, ubiquitous, crank, catapult, sponge, click, queer, irish and 124 more...
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1493 more...
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lilliput
ladybug, papermite, silverfish, mote, miniscule, micro, protozoa, fragment, ion, proton, neutrino, neutron and 18 more...
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The Little Things
minutiae, thingamajig, wee, doodad, nuts 'n' bolts, widget, speck, mote, mite, modicum, iota, nano and 7 more...
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nanomenclature
nan-biotech, nanoethicist, nanoethics, green goo, ecophagy, grey goo, nanosub, spybot, nanology, nano, nano-objects, nano-art and 22 more...
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names for wild things
banjo, zelda, starscream, mango, totoro, olan, luna, nintendo, ninja, nano
Tweets
Looking for tweets for nano.
john A small 4-passenger car built by India's Tata Motors, primarily for the Indian market. May 4, 2009
gangerh From the Greek nanos = dwarf. Feb 6, 2008
gangerh One thousand millionth.
A billionth.
1/1,000,000,000 Feb 6, 2008