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nanoheater

nanoheater noun: a nanosized device heated by thermal transfer or other type of energy transfer from another device.

Noun

nanoheater (plural nanoheaters)

  1. A nanosized device heated by thermal transfer or other type of energy transfer from another device.
    • We demonstrate the concept of a thin-film nanoheater to realize ultra-small heat spots with dimensions of less than 50 nm.2006 May, Hendrik F. Hamann, Martin O’Boyle, Yves C. Martin, Michael Rooks, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, “Ultra-high-density phase-change storage and memory.”, in Nature Materials, volume 5, number 5...
    • In practice a resistive heater or a laser can easily heat a microstructure whose[…] tip represents the nanoheater.2010 September 17, Klaus D. Sattler, Handbook of Nanophysics: Nanomedicine and Nanorobotics, CRC Press, pages 41-9

Forms of nanoheater

pluralnanoheaters

Origin of nanoheater

From nano- + heater.

Questions about nanoheater

What does nanoheater mean?
Nanoheater means a nanosized device heated by thermal transfer or other type of energy transfer from another device.
What part of speech is nanoheater?
Nanoheater is a noun.
What is the plural of nanoheater?
The plural of nanoheater is nanoheaters.

Words near nanoheater in the dictionary

  1. nanogypsum
  2. nanohair
  3. nanohairs
  4. nanohardness
  5. nanohardnesses
  6. nanoheater
  7. nanoheaters
  8. nanohenries
  9. nanohenry
  10. nanohenrys
  11. nanohertz

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