nanocompartment

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noun

A nanoscale compartment.

OriginEnglish compartment ← Middle French compartiment ← Italian compartimento →
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Meanings

nounnanocompartment (plural nanocompartments)

plural nanocompartments

  1. A nanoscale compartment.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  6. Proto-Italic*kom
  7. Proto-Italic*kom-
  8. Latincom-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  11. Proto-Italic*partis
  12. Latinpars
  13. Latinpartiō
  14. Latinpartior
  15. Latincompartīrī
  16. Italiancompartire
  17. Italiancompartimento
  18. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  19. Englishcompartment
  20. Englishnanocompartment

From nano- + compartment.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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