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nanoseaweed

nanoseaweed noun: an extremely thin nanosheet of gold.

Noun

nanoseaweed (uncountable)

  1. An extremely thin nanosheet of gold.
    • Researchers are calling it gold nanoseaweed because of its shape.2019 August 6, Ashley Strickland, “Scientists just created the world’s thinnest gold and it’s two atoms thick”, in CNN
    • Images taken from an electron microscope reveal the way the gold atoms have formed into a highly organised lattice. Other images show gold nanoseaweed that has been artificially coloured.2019 August 6, “Scientists create the world's thinnest gold”, in Phys.org, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2024, page 5

Origin of nanoseaweed

From nano- + seaweed, named for its appearance.

Questions about nanoseaweed

What does nanoseaweed mean?
Nanoseaweed means an extremely thin nanosheet of gold.
What part of speech is nanoseaweed?
Nanoseaweed is a noun.

Words near nanoseaweed in the dictionary

  1. nanoscopy
  2. nanoscratch
  3. nanoscratching
  4. nanoscroll
  5. nanoscrolls
  6. nanoseaweed
  7. nanosecond
  8. nanoseconds
  9. nanoseed
  10. nanoseeds
  11. nanoselective

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