nanoindentation
noun
nanoindentation is a noun meaning “An indentation test carried out at nanoscale, such as by use of a nanoindenter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-A-N-O-I-N-D-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of nanoindentation is nanoindentations.
What does nanoindentation mean?
noun
- 1
An indentation test carried out at nanoscale, such as by use of a nanoindenter
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of nanoindentation
- nanoindentations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is nanoindentation?
Nanoindentation appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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).
Nanoindentation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an indentation test carried out at nanoscale:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Nanoindentierung |
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 nanoindentation come from?
From nano- + indentation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).