nanomachine

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nanomachine

noun nanomachines

Any mechanical device, manufactured using nanotechnology, having a scale measured in nanometres. There are many terrifying possibilities for nanotechnology; military nanomachines could infiltrate human bodies and systematically tear them apart using the same principles medical nanomachines will use to repair them. An uncontrolled nanomachine designed to replicate itself could lead to the "grey
Similar: nanite, nanorobot

verb nanomachines · nanomachining · nanomachined

To machine with tolerances measured in nanometres.

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Español	nanomáquina
Français	nanomachine
Italiano	nanomacchina

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@misc{nanomachine_2026,
  title = {nanomachine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nanomachine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}