Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The technology of fabricating nanoscale electromechanical devices and systems.
  • noun Devices or structures fabricated using this technology.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[n(ano)e(lectro)m(echanical) s(ystems).]

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Examples

  • The researchers said nanoelectromechanical systems, usually referred to as NEMS, are nanometer size mechanical devices that can be used for actuation or sensing at the nanoscale.

    Latest News - UPI.com 2009

  • Analysis provided in this report is based on the output from the NEMS/ACCF-NAM 2 model as a result of the ACCF/NAM input assumptions.

    Wonk Room » NAM/ACCF Forecasts 20 Million New Jobs Under American Clean Energy And Security Act 2009

  • Trafigura, the world's second-largest metal trader after Glencore, purchased U.K.-based NEMS Ltd. Glencore paid $209 million for Pacorini Metals, the metal-storage business of Pacorini Group, an Italian, family-run firm.

    Commodities Beckon Banks Carolyn Cui 2011

  • Trafigura, the world's second-largest metal trader after Glencore, purchased U.K.-based NEMS Ltd. Glencore paid $209 million for Pacorini Metals, the metal-storage business of Pacorini Group, an Italian, family-run firm.

    Commodities Beckon Banks Carolyn Cui 2011

  • By the time the Beatles announced their breakup in 1969, Apple Corps had dissolved into a jumble of acronyms -- ABKCO, NEMS and EMI, to name a few.

    Peter Doggett's "You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup" 2010

  • Why does someone need to input all of this information if "The user's cognizant equipment specialist will need to make those changes to NEMS using information provided by the user in the Equipment User Validation System."

    Its Inventory Time Again - NASA Watch 2007

  • The user's cognizant equipment specialist will need to make those changes to NEMS using information provided by the user in the Equipment User Validation System.

    Its Inventory Time Again - NASA Watch 2007

  • Please note however that the changes submitted by the user in the Equipment User Validation System will not automatically change the NEMS data.

    Its Inventory Time Again - NASA Watch 2007

  • The user's cognizant equipment specialist will need to make those changes to NEMS using information provided by the user in the Equipment User Validation System.

    NASA Watch: August 2007 Archives 2007

  • Please note however that the changes submitted by the user in the Equipment User Validation System will not automatically change the NEMS data.

    NASA Watch: August 2007 Archives 2007

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