Etymology

nanoindenter

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Today it means: An instrument for indentation testing at the nanoscale Full definition →

English indenter ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishindent
  5. Englishindenter
  6. English todaynanoindenter

From nano- + indenter.

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