nanoscience

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor.

Latin nānusbor.

English nano-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.

Latin sciō

Latin sciēns

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin scientialbor.

Old French sciencebor.

Middle English science

English science

English nanoscience

From nano- + science.

Noun

nanoscience (countable and uncountable, plural nanosciences)

1. The underlying science of nanotechnology.
   • 2012 May 22, Jacy Meyer, “To Czech Industry, Everything Is Nano”, in The International Herald Tribune‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 December 2020:

     At least 26 institutes in the Czech Academy of Sciences, 37 university faculties and nine state-funded research organizations are conducting basic research in various areas of nanoscience, according to CzechInvest, the country’s investment and business development agency.

Derived terms

• bionanoscience