nanoparticle
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any microscopic particle less than about 100 nanometers (nm) in diameter.
Example Sentences
- "Nanoparticles of various sorts are already found in products like sunscreen, paint and inkjet paper. More exotic varieties offer promise in medicine for sensitive diagnostic tests and novel treatments: the detection of Alzheimer's disease by finding a protein in spinal fluid, for instance, or nanoparticles that heat up and kill cancer cells."
- "The high surface area of a nanoparticle relative to its weight and volume makes it behave differently from larger masses of the same material."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin particula Middle French particule English particle English nanoparticle From nano- + particle.