English Words: N

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nanoroboticsnoun

The science and technology of designing and manufacturing nanoscale machines, especially robotic machines.

nanorodnoun

A nanosized rod.

nanorosettenoun

A nanoscale rosette

nanoroughadj

Exhibiting nanoroughness; rough at nanoscale.

nanoroughnessnoun

The quality of being rough at nanoscale

nanorubbernoun

A nanocomposite made with nanoscale particles of rubber.

Nanosname

A surname from Greek.

nanosafetynoun

All the safety issues associated with nanotechnology

nanosandwichnoun

A nanoscale structure consisting of a dielectric layer between two discs.

nanosatnoun

nanosatellite

nanosatellitenoun

An artificial satellite with a wet mass between 1 and 10 kilograms.

nanoscaffoldnoun

A nanoscale scaffold used, primarily, to grow new tissue and bone

nanoscaleadj

On a scale measured in nanometers.

nanoscaledadj

nanoscale (attributive)

nanosciencenoun

The underlying science of nanotechnology.

nanoscientificadj

Of or pertaining to nanoscience.

nanoscientistnoun

A scientist whose speciality is nanoscience

nanoscopenoun

Any microscope that has a resolution measured in nanometres, especially one that uses a beam of atoms instead of light

nanoscopicadj

Having a scale expressed in nanometers.

nanoscopynoun

The application of nanotechnology to the imaging of objects at nanoscale.

nanoscratchverb

To make a nanoscale scratch

nanoscrollnoun

A nanoscale scroll (spiral structure of nanoribbons)

nanoseaweednoun

An extremely thin nanosheet of gold.

nanosecondnoun

An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁹ seconds. Symbol: ns

nanoseednoun

A nanoscale seed

nanoselectiveadj

Describing materials that have selective properties at the nanoscale.

nanosensingnoun

The use of nanosensors to investigate nanoparticles.

nanosensornoun

A nanoscale sensor

nanoseparationnoun

The separation of the components of nanoscale mixtures

nanosequencingnoun

nanopore sequencing

nanosheetnoun

A nanoscale sheet, especially one of many making up a nanostructure.

nanoshellnoun

A dielectric nanoparticle coated with a very thin metallic shell.

nanoshuttlenoun

A nanoparticle assembly, consisting of gold, iron oxide, and polylysine, that carries cargo along a nanoscopic rail

nanosiemensnoun

A unit of electrical conductance equal to 10⁻⁹ siemens

nanosievenoun

A device that functions as a nanoscale sieve

nanosievertnoun

A unit of radiation dose, 10⁻⁹ of a sievert.

nanosilicanoun

nanoparticulate silica

nanosilicatenoun

A nanoparticulate silicate

nanosiliconnoun

nanoparticulate silicon, typically employed in the manufacture of semiconductor chips

nanosilvernoun

Any of various forms of silver nanoparticles that have medicinal use.

nanosizeadj

Having a size measured in nanometers; nanoscale

nanosizedadj

Having a size measured in nanometers.

nanosizernoun

A device that measures the size of nanoparticles (or sorts them by size)

nanosizingnoun

The sizing (sorting by size) of nanoparticles

nanoskyrmionnoun

A nanoscale skyrmion

nanoskyrmionsnoun

plural of nanoskyrmion

nanoslabnoun

A tiny slab of a material with dimensions in the order of nanometers

nanoslicenoun

A nanoscale slice

nanoslitnoun

A nanoscale slit

nanosmoothadj

smooth at the nanoscale

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