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nanotubes

nanotubes is the plural of nanotube.

Meaning of nanotube

Noun

nanotube (plural nanotubes)

  1. Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.
  2. any nanotech tubular structure with a characteristic diameter measured in a few nanometres, such as titanium nanotubes

Phrases with nanotubes

Questions about nanotubes

What is nanotubes the plural of?
Nanotubes is the plural of nanotube.

Words near nanotubes in the dictionary

  1. nanotribometer
  2. nanotribometers
  3. nanotruss
  4. nanotrusses
  5. nanotube
  6. nanotubes
  7. nanotubular
  8. nanotubule
  9. nanotubules
  10. nanotunnel
  11. nanotunneling

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