Etymology

nanophotonics

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Today it means: The science that studies the behaviour of light, and of optical devices, on a nanometre scale. Full definition →

English photonics ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)
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  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishphotonics
  5. English todaynanophotonics

From nano- + photonics.

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