femtomachine en · NOUN
Etymology
From femto- + machine, by analogy with micromachine, nanomachine, and so on.
Meanings
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(rare) A (hypothetical or fictional) machine on the femto scale; that is, a mechanical device whose size is on the order of the femtometer.
Femtomachines built from exotic nuclei had been employed as special-purpose computers ever since the basic design had been developed, six thousand years before.
2002, Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder, HarperCollins, published 2004, →ISBN, page 21:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| femtomachines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |