Etymology

nanofabrication

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Today it means: Fabrication, such as building or sculpting, at the nanoscale, on the level of individual molecules. Full definition →

English fabrication ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)
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  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishfabrication
  5. English todaynanofabrication

From nano- + fabrication.

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