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nanopunk

UK/ˈnænəʊˌpʌŋk/US/ˈnænoʊˌpəŋk/

nanopunk noun: a science fiction genre that focuses on nanotechnology.

Noun

nanopunk (uncountable)

  1. A science fiction genre that focuses on nanotechnology.
    • Nanopunk: Nanotechnology is the driving technology here. With nanofacs on every street corner, almost any TL6 item can be had for almost nothing. Even the lowest of street scum can easily beg enough for a warm coat and can eat fairly well. Neal Stephenson's _The_Diamond_Age_ is likely the...1998 September 11, Michael C. Martin, “GURPS: Space 1889”, in rec.games.frp.gurps (Usenet)
    • IF YOU’RE NOT hell-bent on immortality, a transhumanist, a subscriber to Life Extension magazine, or an enthusiast of nanopunk (a subgenre, think cyberpunk), you’re likely dismissing the Freitas nanorobots as a Trekkie fantasy. That would put you in the vast majority of humanoids. Even among most...2012, Josh Schonwald, The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches from the Future of Food, HarperCollins, page 273

Examples of nanopunk in a sentence

  • Nanopunk: Nanotechnology is the driving technology here.1998 September 11, Michael C. Martin, “GURPS: Space 1889”, in rec.games.frp.gurps (Usenet):
  • The one I'm writing now is a nanopunk scify and its scary.2014 July 13, @PetersSugarTits, Twitter, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2024:
  • They have cyberpunk and nanopunk, soft and hard sci-fi, military and alternate history, space operas.2015 July 10, Jessi Cape, “Books on Wheels”, in The Austin Chronicle, volume 34, number 45, page 27:

Origin of nanopunk

From nano- + -punk.

Questions about nanopunk

What does nanopunk mean?
Nanopunk means a science fiction genre that focuses on nanotechnology.
How do you use nanopunk in a sentence?
Nanopunk: Nanotechnology is the driving technology here.
What part of speech is nanopunk?
Nanopunk is a noun.
How do you pronounce nanopunk?
Nanopunk is pronounced /ˈnænəʊˌpʌŋk/ (UK).

Words near nanopunk in the dictionary

  1. nanopublishing
  2. nanopulse
  3. nanopulses
  4. nanopump
  5. nanopumps
  6. nanopunk
  7. nanopure
  8. NanoPutian
  9. NanoPutians
  10. nanopyramid
  11. nanopyramids

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