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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

nano- en · X

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈnænəʊ/ (UK)
  • /ˈnænoʊ/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- Borrowed from Latin nānus (“dwarf”), borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos, “dwarf”).

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻⁹ (short scale billionth or long scale milliardth). Symbol: n
  2. (morpheme) Derived from the nanotechnology industry.
    • nano- + biology → nanobiology
  3. (diminutive, morpheme) Very small.
    • nano- + particle → nanoparticle
    • nano- + plankton → nanoplankton

Antonyms

arch- · great · hyper- · giga- · grand · macro- · ultra- · -zilla · super- · over- · supra- · uber- · giga- · mega-

Deriveds

nanothermite

Synonyms

-ole · -y · -ee · -et · -ule · micro-[Appendix:Glossary · -le · -cule · -el · mini- · -kin · -ie · -icle · -let · -ling · -ette

Translations (41)

bg нано- (10−9) · pl nano- (10−9) · lv nano- (10−9) · fi nano- (10−9) · sv nano- (10−9) · fi nano- (nanotechnology industry) · tr nano- (10−9) · gl nano- (10−9) · sk nano- (10−9) · ro nano- (10−9) · cmn(10−9) · uk нано- (nanotechnology industry) · id nano- (10−9) · ru нано- (10−9) · fr nano- (10−9) · pt nano- (nanotechnology industry) · he נאנו־ (10−9) · be нана- (nanotechnology industry) · nl nano- (10−9) · uk нано- (10−9) · ca nano- (10−9) · ms nano- (10−9) · et nano- (10−9) · ka ნანო- (nanotechnology industry) · cmn 納 /纳 (10−9) · be нана- (10−9) · yue 納 /纳 (10−9) · hu nano- (10−9) · da nano- (10−9) · hi नव- (10−9) · pt nano- (10−9) · de nano- (10−9) · bg нано- (nanotechnology industry) · cs nano- (10−9) · es nano- (10−9) · he נאנו־ (nanotechnology industry) · vi na-nô (10−9) · is nanó- (10−9) · it nano- (10−9) · ka ნანო- (10−9) · ru нано- (nanotechnology industry)