nanocomposite
noun
nanocomposite is a noun meaning “Any composite material one or more of whose components is some form of nanoparticle; more often consists of carbon nanotubes embedded in a polymer…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-A-N-O-C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-E, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of nanocomposite is nanocomposites.
What does nanocomposite mean?
noun
- 1
Any composite material one or more of whose components is some form of nanoparticle; more often consists of carbon nanotubes embedded in a polymer matrix.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of nanocomposite
- nanocomposites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is nanocomposite?
Nanocomposite appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Nanocomposite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any composite material one or more of whose components is a nanoparticle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | nanocompósito, nanocomposto |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does nanocomposite come from?
From nano- + composite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).