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nanoparticles

nanoparticles is the plural of nanoparticle.

Meaning of nanoparticle

Noun

nanoparticle (plural nanoparticles)

  1. Any microscopic particle less than about 100 nanometers (nm) in diameter.
    • Nanoparticles of various sorts are already found in products like sunscreen, paint and inkjet paper. More exotic varieties offer promise in medicine for sensitive diagnostic tests and novel treatments: the detection of Alzheimer's disease by finding a protein in spinal fluid, for instance, or...2005 February 22, Kenneth Chang, “Tiny Is Beautiful: Translating 'Nano' Into Practical”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2021

Questions about nanoparticles

What is nanoparticles the plural of?
Nanoparticles is the plural of nanoparticle.

Words near nanoparticles in the dictionary

  1. nanooscillators
  2. nanopackage
  3. nanopackages
  4. nanopackaging
  5. nanoparticle
  6. nanoparticles
  7. nanoparticular
  8. nanoparticulate
  9. nanoparticulated
  10. nanoparticulates
  11. nanoparticulation

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