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nano-

 
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a combining form with the meaning “very small, minute,” used in the formation of compound words (nanoplankton); in the names of units of measure it has the specific sense “one billionth” (10-9): nanomole; nanosecond.
Also, nanno-; especially before a vowel, nan-.

Origin:
comb. form repr. Gk nânos, nánnos dwarf
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nano-  
pref.  
  1. often nanno- Extremely small: nannoplankton.
  2. One billionth (10-9): nanosecond.

[Greek nānos, nannos, little old man, dwarf, from nannās, uncle.]
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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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Language Translation for : nano-
Spanish: billonésimo,
German: ein Billionstel,
Japanese: 10億分の１
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nano- pref.

  1. Extremely small: nanoid.
  2. One-billionth (10-9): nanometer.

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nano-  
  1. A prefix that means:
  2. Very small or at a microscopic level, as in nanotube. In this sense, this prefix is sometimes spelled nanno-, as in nannoplankton.
  3. One billionth, as in nanosecond, one billionth of a second.

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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".
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