nano-
pref.（前缀）
语源
pref.（前缀）
- Often nanno- Extremely small:
常作 nanno- 极小：
nannoplankton.
微型浮游生物 - One-billionth (10-9):
十亿分之一（10-9）：
nanosecond.
毫微秒
语源
- Greek nanos, nannos [little old man, dwarf]
希腊语 nanos, nannos [小老人，侏儒] - from nannas [uncle]
源自 nannas [叔叔] - from nanna [aunt]
源自 nanna [阿姨]
nano-
combining form
denoting 10–9 ⇒
nanosecondn
indicating extreme smallness
⇒
nanoplankton
Origin
from Latin nānus dwarf, from Greek nanosnano-
Word Origin
1
a combining form with the meaning “very small, minute,” used in the formation of compound words (nanoplankton); in the names of units of measure it has the specific sense “one billionth” (10 -9):
nanomole; nanosecond.
Also, nanno-; especially before a vowel, nan-.
Origin
combining form representing Greek nânos, nánnos dwarf
Related Words
- nan-
- nanobot
- nanogram
- nanomachine
- nanometer
- nanomole
nano-1. a prefix denoting 10-9 of a given unit, as in nanometre. Symbol: n
2. a prefix indicating very small size, as in nanoplankton.
[combining form of Latin nānus dwarf, from Greek nanos]nano-
combining form
nanosecond
2. nanotechnology
nanomachine
3. nanoscale
nanoparticle
nanotube
combining form
ETYMOLOGY International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek nanos dwarf
1. one billionth (10-9) part ofnanosecond
2. nanotechnology
nanomachine
3. nanoscale
nanoparticle
nanotube
nano-
combining form
- denoting a factor of 10-9 (used commonly in units of measurement)表示“毫微”（常用于计量单位）：
-
nanosecond.
- ■ submicroscopic表示“纳米的”, “亚微观的”：
-
nanotube.
词源
via Latin from Greek nanos 'dwarf'.
1947 Compt. Rend. de la 14me Conf. (UnionInternat. de Chimie) 115The following prefixes to abbreviations for the names of units should be used to indicate the specified multiples or sub-multiples of these units:..n nano- 10-9 ×.
1952 Wireless World May 187/2 The prefixes ‘pico’ and ‘nano’ became popular in this country fifteen or twenty years ago, mostly through the technical publications of Philips and others, with ‘pico’ as favourite.
1973 Nature 23 Nov. 190/3 The transient currents generated are small (of the order of a few nanoamps) and flow for a very short time (of the order of 10 nanoseconds).
1962 Flight Internat. LXXXII. 634/2Designers are talking in terms of nanoAmperes.
1967 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. &Technol. 146Accuracy and precision ..range from a few hundredths of a per cent at the hundred microequivalent level..to approximately 10% at the five nanoequivalent level. [ of coulometric analysis]
1951 Wireless World Nov. 458/1 This is undesirable..if another metric value, the nF (nano-farad) could be accepted for one-milliardth of a farad... Originally introduced—so far as I know—in Germany and also used in other Continental countries before the war, this nano abbreviation is now, in the Indonesian PTT, as normal as km for length of wire.
1951 Nature 8 Dec. 1008/2 Most microanalytical needs are satisfied by the subunits milligram and microgram. This sequence has now been extended by the nanogram (ng = 10-9 g) and picogram (pg= 10-12 g).
1964 W. G. Smith Allergy & Tissue Metabolism vii. 76In man, 108 platelets contain 60 nanograms (0·06 mg.) of serotonin.
1975 Nature 11 Sept. 141/2 Nanogram quantities of DNP-d-GL induced anti-DNP antibody formation, while larger amounts prevented responses to DNP-conjugates, as previously reported.
1975 Williams & Wilson Biologist's Guide toPrinc. & TechniquesPract. Biochem. i. 16Response of isolated organs to nanogramme quantities of active substances has been obtained by this technique.
1968 New Scientist 29 Feb. 484/1 The capacitors..are 28 microfarads, 5 nanohenries, 2 milliohms.
1974 Nature 26 Apr. 774/2 The use of injection experiments..demands careful quantitative control over the injection of nanolitre volumes of material.
1963 Calibration & Test Services ( Nat. Bureau of StandardsMisc. Publ. 250) 41Transmittances of these disks at wavelengths from 365 to 390 nm (nanometer, 10-9 meter)..will also be determined on request.
1970 Sci. Jrnl. Feb. 49/3Usually points closer than one nanometre (10-9m) can be separated with the electron microscope.
1971 Sci. Amer. Sept. 89/2Blue light at a wavelength of 450 nanometers (a nanometer is a billionth of a meter).
1969 Nature 18 Oct. 221/1 They are of such high biological potency that nanomolar concentrations can produce well-marked effects.
1968 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. &Technol. 387/2Conduction is blocked in isolated, desheathed frog sciatic nerves by a solution containing about 3 nanomoles per liter. [ of tetrodotoxin]
1971 Sci. Amer. Sept. 98/2Plants will increase photosynthesis with increasing concentration of carbon dioxide to at least three times the normal concentration of 12·5 nanomoles per cubic centimeter (·03 percent by volume).
1968 New Scientist 22 Aug. 391/1 The other problem is how to take just a few microvolts from the national standard of one volt, and to infer its correctness to a few parts of a nanovolt (10-9V).
1968 Sci. Amer. Mar. 17 (Advt. ),The new COS/MOS units..operate on nanowatts of power in the quiescent state.
1989 Res. Opportunities for Materials with Ultrafine Microstruct. (NationalRes. Council) p. xiii,Table 1... Properties of *nano materials compared with their crystalline counterparts.
1994 Science 23 Dec. 1961/1 A relatively new method for preparing nanomaterials..is reviewed. This method entails synthesis of the desired material within the pores of a nanoporous membrane.
2004 Hartford (Connecticut) Mag. Feb. 54/2Nanomaterials for thermal sprayed coatings, magnetics, catalysts and biosensors.
1989 Biochimie 71 19/2 LB films..have a *nanoscopic thickness. [ = Langmuir–Blodgett]
1995 Sci. Amer. May 62/1Donald A. Tomalia is..director of nanoscopic chemistry and architecture at the Michigan Molecular Institute.
2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 May 5This ‘hydrophobic’ glass treatment..claims to cover the nanoscopic cracks on the surface of glass to allow water droplets to disperse much faster.
nano-
introduced 1947 (at 14th conference of the Union Internationale de Chimie) as a prefix for units of one thousand-millionth part, from Greek nanos "a dwarf." According to Watkins, this is originally "little old man," from nannos "uncle," masc. of nanna "aunt" (see nana). Earlier it was used as a prefix to mean "dwarf, dwarfish," and still in a non-scientific sense of "very small."
ORIGIN: from Greek nanos , Latin nanus dwarf: see -o-
nano-
combining form.
a billionth (used in subminiature units of measurement): Nanosecond = a billionth of a second.
very small; dwarf: Nanoplankton = a very small plankton.
[< Greek nânos dwarf]
nano-
I.
— see nan-
II.combining form
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin nanus dwarf — more at nan-
: one billionth (10-9) part of
< nanosecond >
I.
— see nan-
II.
< nanosecond >
nano-
Etymology
From Latin nanus (“dwarf”), from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos).
Prefix
| SI prefix | ||
| n | ||
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- In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−9. Symbol: n
- Derived from the nanotechnology industry
Antonyms
Derived terms
English words prefixed with nano-