Meanings
nounnanofilament (plural nanofilaments)
plural nanofilaments
- A nanoscale filament.
Reduction in metal-oxide thin films has been suggested as the key mechanism responsible for forming conductive nanofilaments within solid-state memory devices, enabling their resistive switching capacity.
2015, Daniela Carta, Adam Hitchcock, Peter Guttmann, Anna Regoutz, Ali Khiat, Alexantru Serb, Isha Gupta, Themistoklis Prodromakis, “Spatially resolved TiOx phases in RRAM conductive nanofilaments using soft X-ray spectromicroscopy”, in arXiv
Origin
- Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
- Latinnānus
- Englishnano-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
- Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
- Latinfīlum
- Late Latinfīlō
- Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
- Englishfilament
- Englishnanofilament
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APA
nanofilament. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanofilament
MLA
“nanofilament.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanofilament. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nanofilament,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanofilament.
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