Noun: nano
Sample Sentences
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The Czech government is actively supporting the nano industry through the participation of ministries and universities in research and development programs. [2012 May 22, Jacy Meyer, “To Czech Industry, Everything Is Nano”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2020:]
Nouns inflected like nano
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos). See: Latin Nouns '
nānus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
νᾶνος'.