Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

femtomachine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fem-toma-chine
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A (hypothetical or fictional) machine on the femto scale; that is, a mechanical device whose size is on the order of the femtometer.

Example Sentences

"Femtomachines built from exotic nuclei had been employed as special-purpose computers ever since the basic design had been developed, six thousand years before."

Etymology

From femto- + machine, by analogy with micromachine, nanomachine, and so on.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: femto

Inflected Forms

femtomachines (plural)

Questions

What does femtomachine mean?: A (hypothetical or fictional) machine on the femto scale; that is, a mechanical device whose size is on the order of the femtometer.
Where does femtomachine come from?: From femto- + machine, by analogy with micromachine, nanomachine, and so on.

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