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intertube

intertube adjective: between or among tubes or nanotubes.

Adjective

intertube (not comparable)

  1. Between or among tubes or nanotubes.
    • If the intertube interactions are negligibly small, the electronic band structure along any line in the Brillouin zone parallel to the rope axis would be exactly the same as that of an isolated tube.2001, Young-Gui Yoon, Steven G. Louie, “Electronic Structure and Quantum Conductance of Carbon Nanotubes”, in Giorgio Benedek et al., editors, Nanostructured Carbon for Advanced Applications, Kluwer...

Origin of intertube

From inter- + tube.

Questions about intertube

What does intertube mean?
Intertube means between or among tubes or nanotubes.
What part of speech is intertube?
Intertube is an adjective.

Words near intertube in the dictionary

  1. intertropics
  2. intertrude
  3. intertruded
  4. intertrudes
  5. intertruding
  6. intertube
  7. intertuberal
  8. intertubercle
  9. intertubercular
  10. intertuberous
  11. Intertubes

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