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nanocantilever

nanocantilever noun: a strip of silicon carbide, a few hundred nanometres in width, whose vibrational frequency varies in proportion to the mass of objects resting on it; it can detect masses as small as one attogram.

Noun

nanocantilever (plural nanocantilevers)

  1. A strip of silicon carbide, a few hundred nanometres in width, whose vibrational frequency varies in proportion to the mass of objects resting on it; it can detect masses as small as one attogram

Forms of nanocantilever

pluralnanocantilevers

Origin of nanocantilever

From nano- + cantilever.

Questions about nanocantilever

What does nanocantilever mean?
Nanocantilever means a strip of silicon carbide, a few hundred nanometres in width, whose vibrational frequency varies in proportion to the mass of objects resting on it; it can detect masses as small as one attogram.
What part of speech is nanocantilever?
Nanocantilever is a noun.
What is the plural of nanocantilever?
The plural of nanocantilever is nanocantilevers.

Words near nanocantilever in the dictionary

  1. nanocams
  2. nanocanal
  3. nanocanals
  4. nanocandela
  5. nanocandelas
  6. nanocantilever
  7. nanocantilevers
  8. nanocap
  9. nanocapacitor
  10. nanocapacitors
  11. nanocapillaries

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