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nano-

See also: nano, ñaño, -nano, nanó-, and Nan'ō

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From Latin nānus (“dwarf”), from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

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SI prefix
n Previous: pico-
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nano-

  1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−9 (short scale billionth or long scale milliardth). Symbol: n
  2. Derived from the nanotechnology industry.
    ‎nano- + ‎biology → ‎nanobiology
  3. (diminutive) Very small.
    ‎nano- + ‎particle → ‎nanoparticle
    ‎nano- + ‎plankton → ‎nanoplankton

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  • “nano-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Catalan

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nano-

  1. nano-

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  • “nano-”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • nano- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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nano-

  1. nano-

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

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From Latin nanus (“dwarf”), from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

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nano-

  1. nano-
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Estonian

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  1. nano-

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  • “nano-”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

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Internationalism, ultimately from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑno-/, [ˈnɑ̝no̞-]

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nano-

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nano-

  1. nano-
  2. Relating to garden gnomes

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  • “nano-” in Duden online
  • “nano-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Latin nānus (“dwarf”),[1] from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnɒno]
  • Hyphenation: na‧no

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nano-

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Italian

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From Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).

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nano-

  1. nano-

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  • nano- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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  • IPA(key): /na.nɔ/
  • Rhymes: -anɔ
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nano-

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  • nano- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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  • “nano-”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

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  • “nano-”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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