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nanomachines

nanomachines is the plural of nanomachine.

Meaning of nanomachine

Noun

nanomachine (plural nanomachines)

  1. Any mechanical device, manufactured using nanotechnology, having a scale measured in nanometres.
    • There are many terrifying possibilities for nanotechnology; military nanomachines could infiltrate human bodies and systematically tear them apart using the same principles medical nanomachines will use to repair them. An uncontrolled nanomachine designed to replicate itself could lead to the "grey...2010 September 2, Thomas Barfield, “Get ready for a world of nanotechnology”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    nanite, nanorobot

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Questions about nanomachines

What is nanomachines the plural of?
Nanomachines is the plural of nanomachine.

Words near nanomachines in the dictionary

  1. nanoloops
  2. nanoluciferase
  3. nanomachine
  4. nanomachined
  5. nanomachinery
  6. nanomachines
  7. nanomachining
  8. nanomagnet
  9. nanomagnetic
  10. nanomagnetism
  11. nanomagnets

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