nanocantilever

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noun

A strip of silicon carbide, a few hundred nanometres in width, whose vibrational frequency varies in proportion to the mass of objects resting on it; it can detect masses as small as one attogram

OriginEnglish cantilever ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos) →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounnanocantilever (plural nanocantilevers)

plural nanocantilevers

  1. natural sciencesA strip of silicon carbide, a few hundred nanometres in width, whose vibrational frequency varies in proportion to the mass of objects resting on it; it can detect masses as small as one attogram

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishcantilever
  5. Englishnanocantilever

From nano- + cantilever.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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