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

  • noun A usually carbon-based synthetic material whose fibers have a diameter of less than one micron.
  • noun One of these fibers.

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  • noun Any fibre having a diameter in the nano scale

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Examples

  • And in Mille's case, the sports cars are real: Ferrari Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa wears a Richard Mille watch with a carbon nanofiber baseplate in every race.

    The Edge of Time Joshua Levine 2010

  • To question why it's a marvelous thing for your timepiece to be constructed of carbon nanofiber means to not understand the dream state that just the words carbon nanofiber can induce in a guy.

    The Edge of Time Joshua Levine 2010

  • RTI combined nanofiber-based reflectors and photoluminescent nanofibers PLN to produce the nanofiber bulbs.

    Nanofiber Bulbs are Efficient, Environmentally Sound | Inhabitat 2010

  • FYI, i am in the textile business and make nanofiber fabrics for the sportswear industry. tasks.

    Matheson on introns - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • His tourbillon would be attached to a levered bridge of carbon nanofiber.

    The Edge of Time Joshua Levine 2010

  • RTI researchers expect the nanofiber technology to be ready in three to five years.

    Nanofiber Bulbs are Efficient, Environmentally Sound | Inhabitat 2010

  • Next-Generation Nanofiber Bulbs on the Horizon nanofiber light – Inhabitat about mission submit a story shop advertise with us support us press contact sign up

    Next-Generation Nanofiber Bulbs on the Horizon nanofiber light – Inhabitat 2010

  • With those eight animals, we successfully converted conventional livestock feed into nanofiber strands with a tensile strength almost eight thousand times that of molybdenum steel wire.

    Eight Maids a'Milking 2010

  • A light-emitting nanofiber spans gold electrodes that are 500 nm apart.

    Nano Light Bulbs for Your Shirt | Impact Lab 2007

  • The costume is now built out of a liquid metal nanofiber material allowing it to quickly change in appearance upon mental command into anything from Spider-Man's civilian clothes to his former costumes, as well as providing camouflage by blending with the surrounding colors.

    Batman vs Spiderman MANDREWS 2007

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