Etymology

nanostructure

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Today it means: Any manufactured or natural structure having a scale between molecular and microscopic. Full definition →

English structure ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)
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  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishstructure
  5. English todaynanostructure

From nano- + structure.

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