nanite
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- noun
- /ˈnæn.aɪt/
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nanorobot
- The nanites in the laboratory were programmed to repair tissue at a cellular level.
- nanite attendants
- nanite crew
- nanites that control
Examples
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The nanites absorb the kinetic energy... and hold it in place for redistribution.
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In just six days, the nanites had improved his muscle tone and thickened his hair.
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I know what nanites are.
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The last thing he could remember clearly was coming home with his wonderful new crew of nanite attendants.
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And just like our own bodies need calories, the nanites need their own energy.
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Anyway, the nanites in these transponders do kind of the same thing.
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As soon as the nanites enter her bloodstream, they'll start to alter her cells.
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The nanites provide a stabilized neural interface.
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That's heat being generated by the nanites battling malignant cancer, trying to save that mouse.
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Chanda felt as if she could perceive the nanites she knew were coursing through every artery and vein, every organ in her body.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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A very small machine that works with molecules to do tasks
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A very small machine that works at a tiny scale to do exact tasks, often in medicine
How Small
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nanite starts with nano-, from an old Greek word that means 'dwarf' or 'very small', and ends with -ite, a short ending that turns a word into a thing. So a nanite is a 'very small' thing — a tiny machine, which is why writers and scientists use it for microscopic robots that work inside bodies, devices, or materials.