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nanorobot

nanorobot noun: a nanoscale robot.

Noun

nanorobot (plural nanorobots)

  1. A nanoscale robot.
    • In the hip science of ultrasmall nanotechnology, fantastical future possibilities like rampaging nanorobots capture the most attention, but the first fruits of the field have been more mundane: tiny bits of mostly ordinary stuff that just sit there.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
    Synonyms:
    nanobot, nanite

Synonyms of nanorobot

Forms of nanorobot

pluralnanorobots

Origin of nanorobot

From nano- + robot.

Words formed from nanorobot

Questions about nanorobot

What does nanorobot mean?
Nanorobot means a nanoscale robot.
What part of speech is nanorobot?
Nanorobot is a noun.
What is the plural of nanorobot?
The plural of nanorobot is nanorobots.

Words near nanorobot in the dictionary

  1. nanoripples
  2. nanorna
  3. nanornas
  4. nanoroad
  5. nanoroads
  6. nanorobot
  7. nanorobotic
  8. nanorobotics
  9. nanorobots
  10. nanorod
  11. nanorods

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