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nanophotonics

nanophotonics noun: the science that studies the behaviour of light, and of optical devices, on a nanometre scale.

Noun

nanophotonics (uncountable)

  1. The science that studies the behaviour of light, and of optical devices, on a nanometre scale.

Origin of nanophotonics

From nano- + photonics.

Questions about nanophotonics

What does nanophotonics mean?
Nanophotonics means the science that studies the behaviour of light, and of optical devices, on a nanometre scale.
What part of speech is nanophotonics?
Nanophotonics is a noun.

Words near nanophotonics in the dictionary

  1. nanophotocatalysts
  2. nanophotometer
  3. nanophotometers
  4. nanophotometry
  5. nanophotonic
  6. nanophotonics
  7. nanophthalmia
  8. nanophthalmic
  9. nanophthalmos
  10. nanophyll
  11. nanophyllous

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