Etymology

nanocrown

N1A1N1O1C3R1O1W4N1

Today it means: A crown-shaped structure having nanometre-sized dimensions, especially such a structure fabricated from individual metal atoms Full definition →

English crown ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)
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  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishcrown
  5. English todaynanocrown

From nano- + crown.

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