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nano-
(gcide) | nano- \nan"o-\ (n[a^]n"[-o]-), pref.
1. A prefix meaning one-billionth; as, a nanogram is
one-thousandth of a microgram.
[PJC]
2. Very small; submicroscopic; -- used to designate sizes
smaller than those that would be referred to as micro-;
as, nanoscale manipulations.
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nano-
(foldoc) | nano-
/nan'oh/ 1. A prefix meaning 10^-9 or one billionth.
Used loosely to mean "small", e.g. nanotechnology, or
(rarely), following "nanosecond", to mean a short time,
e.g. "I'll be with you in a nano".
[Jargon File]
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nano-
(jargon) | nano-
pref.
[SI: the next quantifier below micro-; meaning × 10^-9] Smaller than {
micro-}, and used in the same rather loose and connotative way. Thus, one
has nanotechnology (coined by hacker K. Eric Drexler) by analogy with
microtechnology; and a few machine architectures have a nanocode level
below microcode. Tom Duff at Bell Labs has also pointed out that “Pi
seconds is a nanocentury”. See also quantifiers, pico-, nanoacre, {
nanobot}, nanocomputer, nanofortnight.
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Ipomoea Bona-nox
(gcide) | Moonflower \Moon"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The oxeye daisy; -- called also moon daisy.
(b) A kind of morning glory (Ipomoea Bona-nox) with large
white flowers opening at night.
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John-a-Nokes
(gcide) | Roe Richard \Roe, Richard\ (Law)
A fictious name for a party, real or fictious, to an act or
proceeding. Other names were formerly similarly used, as
John-a-Nokes, John o', or of the, Nokes, or Noakes,
John-a-Stiles, etc.
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NaNO3
(gcide) | Saltpeter \Salt`pe"ter\, Saltpetre \Salt`pe"tre\,
(s[add]lt`p[=e]"t[~e]r), n. [F. salp[^e]tre, NL. sal petrae,
literally, rock salt, or stone salt; so called because it
exudes from rocks or walls. See Salt, and Petrify.]
(Chem.)
Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance,
KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching
from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of
nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong
oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also
used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a
diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.
[1913 Webster]
Chili salpeter (Chem.), sodium nitrate (distinguished from
potassium nitrate, or true salpeter), a white crystalline
substance, NaNO3, having a cooling, saline, slightly
bitter taste. It is obtained by leaching the soil of the
rainless districts of Chili and Peru. It is deliquescent
and cannot be used in gunpowder, but is employed in the
production of nitric acid. Called also cubic niter.
Saltpeter acid (Chem.), nitric acid; -- sometimes so called
because made from saltpeter.
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nanotechnology
(gcide) | nanotechnology \nan"o*tech*nol`o*gy\
(n[a^]n"[-o]*t[e^]k*n[o^]l`[-o]*j[=e]), n.
The manipulation or construction of objects with sizes in the
nanometer range or smaller.
Note: Objects of the size of molecules may be moved and
placed in specific locations using laser tweezers or an
atomic force microscope. See [a
href="http:]/21net.com/content/inside_se/nano.htm">nanotechnology.
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Nanotragus oreotragus
(gcide) | Klipspringer \Klip"spring`er\, n. [D., lit., cliff springer.]
(Zool.)
A small, graceful South African antelope ({Nanotragus
oreotragus}), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag
to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi.
[Written also klippspringer.]
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Nanotragus tragulus
(gcide) | Steinbock \Stein"bock`\, n. [G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok.
Cf. Steenbok.] (Zool.)
(a) The European ibex.
(b) A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus)
which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also
steenbok. [Written also steinboc, and steinbok;
also called stonebock, and stonebuck.]
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Unanointed
(gcide) | Unanointed \Unanointed\
See anointed. |
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