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utility fog

utility fog noun: a hypothetical collection of tiny nanobots that can replicate a physical structure. The robots would be microscopic, with extending arms reaching in several different directions, and could perform three-dimensional lattice reconfiguration.

utility fog: a hypothetical collection of tiny nanobots that can replicate a physical structure. The robots...
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Noun

utility fog (uncountable)

  1. A hypothetical collection of tiny nanobots that can replicate a physical structure. The robots would be microscopic, with extending arms reaching in several different directions, and could perform three-dimensional lattice reconfiguration.
    Synonyms:
    foglet

Synonyms of utility fog

Origin of utility fog

Coined by John Storrs Hall in 1989.

Questions about utility fog

What does utility fog mean?
Utility fog means a hypothetical collection of tiny nanobots that can replicate a physical structure. The robots would be microscopic, with extending arms reaching in several different directions, and could perform three-dimensional lattice reconfiguration.
What part of speech is utility fog?
Utility fog is a noun.

Words near utility fog in the dictionary

  1. utility belts
  2. utility bike
  3. utility bikes
  4. utility calculus
  5. utility computing
  6. utility fog
  7. utility function
  8. utility functions
  9. utility furniture
  10. utility graph
  11. utility graphs

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