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Nanotechnology

Definition:

Nanotechnology is the science of designing, producing, and using structures and devices having one or more dimensions of about 100 millionth of a millimetre (100 nanometres) or less.

Source: GreenFacts

More:

Click here for an online inventory of manufacturer-identified nanotech goods by the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars.

Source: GreenFacts

Related words:

Nanomaterial - Nanometre - Nanoparticle - Nanoscale - Nanoscience - Nanostructure

To read about this term in context:

GreenFacts Summary on Nanotechnologies

Translation(s):

Deutsch: Nanotechnologie
Español: Nanotecnología
Français: Nanotechnologies

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