nanomachine
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈnænəˌməˌʃin/
- Specialized
:
nanomáquina
- These tiny nanomachines work together to build complex structures from individual atoms.
- capabilities of nanomachines
- nanomachines can communicate
Examples
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The way in which the nanomachines can communicate depends strongly on how they are realized.
Academic text (2011) -
The nanomachines can repair any damage done to a certain degree.
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Instead, we may find that nanomachines are better assembled from the bottom up.
Academic text (2005) -
The science guys keep talking about softsuits and even nanomachine skins, but it's still nothing more than talk.
Fiction book (2001) -
The capabilities and the application range of these nanomachines strongly depend on the way in which they are manufactured.
Academic text (2011) -
I've got a small team ready to build a prototype fusion rocket, using nanomachines.
Fiction book (2001) -
Nanonetworks of nanomachines will expand the capabilities of single nanomachines by providing them a way to cooperate and share information.
Academic text (2011) -
Selene built spacecraft of pure diamond out of piles of carbon soot, using nanomachines.
Fiction book (2001) -
The nanomachines can operate at the molecular level to repair damaged cells.
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Scientists are developing nanomachines to deliver medication directly to targeted areas in the body.
Synonyms
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6.7
A very small machine that works at a tiny scale to do exact tasks, often in medicine
How Small
- Specialized
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8.9
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nanomachine combines nano-, which means 'very small' or 'one billionth', and machine, a familiar word for a 'device' that does work. So a nanomachine is a very tiny machine imagined to do specific tasks at the level of atoms and molecules.