nanoscale

English

From nano- +‎ scale.

nanoscale (not comparable)

On a scale measured in nanometers.
- 2003 November 20, Barnaby J. Feder, “Nanotechnology: Bill To Create Office Of Nanotechnology”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 July 2021:
  The first such review would also include a study of whether it is feasible to create nanoscale devices that can assemble themselves or copies of themselves molecule by molecule -- a subject of fierce debate among nanotechnology experts.

nanoscale (plural nanoscales)

A measuring tool with gradations in nanometers.
- 2005, Jürgen Schulte, Nanotechnology: Global Strategies, Industry Trends and Applications‎^[2], →ISBN, page 167:
  The nanoscales under development will have 10 000 to 40 000 graduations per 1 mm distance.
The scale of nanotechnology.
- 2006, Jessica Elzea Kogel, Industrial Minerals & Rocks: Commodities, Markets, and Use‎^[3], →ISBN, page 1441:
  As opposed to the microscale, the nanoscale is not just another step toward miniaturization: it results in a qualitatively new material.

measuring tool

scale of nanotechnology