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nanovortex

nanovortex noun: a nanoscale vortex.

Noun

nanovortex (plural nanovortices)

  1. A nanoscale vortex.
    • The study of a nanovortex in superconductivity, portrayed here, entails twin sources of information: STM measurements give the topology of the object; scanning tunneling spectroscopy registers the intensity of the relationship of the current with the voltage.2014, Anne Marcovich, Toward a New Dimension: Exploring the Nanoscale, page 133

Forms of nanovortex

pluralnanovortices

Origin of nanovortex

From nano- + vortex.

Questions about nanovortex

What does nanovortex mean?
Nanovortex means a nanoscale vortex.
What part of speech is nanovortex?
Nanovortex is a noun.
What is the plural of nanovortex?
The plural of nanovortex is nanovortices.

Words near nanovortex in the dictionary

  1. nanovolt
  2. nanovoltmeter
  3. nanovoltmeters
  4. nanovolts
  5. nanovolumetric
  6. nanovortex
  7. nanovortices
  8. nanowalker
  9. nanowalkers
  10. nanowall
  11. nanowalls

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