nanoimprint

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noun

An imprint formed by three-dimensional nanoscale patterning

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

nounnanoimprint (plural nanoimprints)

plural nanoimprints

  1. engineeringAn imprint formed by three-dimensional nanoscale patterning
verbnanoimprint (third-person singular simple present nanoimprints, present participle nanoimprinting, simple past and past participle nanoimprinted)

present singular third person nanoimprints · participle present nanoimprinting · participle past nanoimprinted · past nanoimprinted

  1. engineeringTo carry out nanoscale patterning through imprinting

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishimprint
  5. Englishnanoimprint

From nano- + imprint.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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