femtomachine

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noun

A (hypothetical or fictional) machine on the femto scale; that is, a mechanical device whose size is on the order of the femtometer.

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Meanings

nounfemtomachine (plural femtomachines)

plural femtomachines

  1. rareA (hypothetical or fictional) machine on the femto scale; that is, a mechanical device whose size is on the order of the femtometer.

    Femtomachines built from exotic nuclei had been employed as special-purpose computers ever since the basic design had been developed, six thousand years before.

    2002, Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder, HarperCollins, published 2004, →ISBN, page 21

Origin

From femto- + machine, by analogy with micromachine, nanomachine, and so on.

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APA

femtomachine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femtomachine

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“femtomachine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femtomachine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “femtomachine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femtomachine.

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