nanoengineering

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noun

Engineering on the nanoscale.

OriginEnglish engineering ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos) →
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Meanings

nounnanoengineering (uncountable)
  1. uncountableEngineering on the nanoscale.

    “We have been working on nanomachines over the past decade,” Joseph Wang, chairman of nanoengineering at UCSD, said. “One of the challenges we considered is to deliver therapeutic cargo deep.

    2016 February 1, Tom Whipple, “Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medicine”, in The Times

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishengineering
  5. Englishnanoengineering

From nano- + engineering.

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nanoengineering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanoengineering

MLA

“nanoengineering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanoengineering. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nanoengineering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanoengineering.

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