nano- [NA noh], nan-, nanno-, -nania
(Greek: dwarf, dwarfish; pygmy; "little old man;" very small or tiny; also, a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements)
This prefix is used in the metric [decimal] system as billionth [U.S.] and thousand-millionth [U.K.], 10-9 [0.000 000 001]. The metric symbol for nano- is n.
nanocranous
nanocrystalline silicon
A form of silicon used as a light-absorbing semiconductor in photovoltaic cells; similar to amorphous silicon (a-Si), in that it has an amorphous phase, but nc-Si has small grains of crystalline silicon within the amorphous phase.
nanocurie
nanoequivalent
nanofabrication
nanofarad (nF)
A common metric unit of electric capacitance equal to 10
-9 farad, the SI unit of electric capacitance.
This unit was previously called the millimicrofarad (mµF).
nanofossil
Any fossil so small that it is near or below the limit of resolution of a light microscope.
nanogram
1. One-billionth of a gram (10-9 g).
2. One billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram: NG.
nanoid
Dwarfish; resembling a dwarf.
nanoinstructions
In microprogramming control organization, the decoded microinstructions stored in lower-level control memory.
nanoliter, nonolitre
A unit of volume that is equal to one-billionth of a liter.
nanomachines
nanomalous
Having abnormally short limbs.
nanomaterials
The study of how materials behave when their dimensions are reduced to a nanoscale.
It can also refer to the materials themselves which are used in nanotechnology.
nanomechanics
Additional topics are available at Nanotechnology:
Index of Articles.
Related "few, small, less, little" word units:
micro-;
mini-;
mio-, meio-;
oligo-, olig-.
Related "metric" families:
yotta;
zetta;
exa;
peta;
tera;
giga;
mega;
kilo;
hecto;
deka;
deci;
centi;
milli;
micro;
pico;
femto;
atto;
zepto;
yocto.
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