Etymology

nanotaper

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Today it means: A nanoscale taper, especially one that is part of an optical nanodevice. Full definition →

English taper ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)
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  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishtaper
  5. English todaynanotaper

From nano- + taper.

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