Etymology

nanocrystallite

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Today it means: A nanosized crystallite, especially one used as a quantum dot Full definition →

English crystallite ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)
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  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishcrystallite
  5. English todaynanocrystallite

From nano- + crystallite.

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