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  • noun The nanotechnology industry, or a product of such industry

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Examples

  • What is still lacking is a worldwide uniform definition of the term nano materials.

    Taipei Times 2009

  • Unfortunately, not for much longer, if the current enthusiasm for the nano is anything to go by.

    Lost in the iPod shuffle 2005

  • I usually dread going running, but most of the time I have fun out on the trail (especially now that the nano is my running partner!).

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

  • I usually dread going running, but most of the time I have fun out on the trail (especially now that the nano is my running partner!).

    Embrace the Dread 2005

  • Steven Troughton-Smith was able to find what he described as the nano's equivalent of the iOS

    Ars Technica Chris Foresman 2011

  • "It's more like radically improved measurement, through the use of what I call nano data," he says in the

    InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 2010

  • They use a proprietary formula of what they call nano-hydraspheres that form a protective web around each and every strand.

    The Makeup Girl | Beauty and Skincare Blog Beauty and Skin Care Blog with Expert Advice Lianne 2010

  • The word "nano" is Greek for small, and a nanometer is really small--one billionth of a meter.

    Put Some Nano In Your ETF Portfolio Carl Delfeld 2006

  • Nano-Scale Medical Devices With advances in nano-scale engineering, medicine is about to redefine "minimally invasive," says Francis Collins, former leader of the Human Genome Project and current director of the National Institutes of Health.

    And Tomorrow's Winners Will Be... Chris Gay 2010

  • We (or our grandchildren) will be rich enough to deal with it (using the wealth created by self-reproducing factories descended from today's fablabs, 3D printers, and robotic tech generally; nano is nice, but not necessary).

    OPEC and Global Warming, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

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  • One thousand millionth.

    A billionth.

    1/1,000,000,000

    February 6, 2008

  • From the Greek nanos = dwarf.

    February 6, 2008

  • A small 4-passenger car built by India's Tata Motors, primarily for the Indian market.

    May 5, 2009