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nanotube

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables
na-no-tu-be
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.

noun

any nanotech tubular structure with a characteristic diameter measured in a few nanometres, such as titanium nanotubes

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube English nanotube From nano- + tube.

Inflected Forms

nanotubes (plural)

Derived Forms

fluoronanotube

Frequently Paired Words

nanotechnology

Synonyms

buckytube carbon nanotube

Questions

What does nanotube mean?
Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.
Where does nanotube come from?
Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube English nanotube From nano- + tube.

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