nanoparticle

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nanoparticle

noun nanoparticles

  1. Any microscopic particle less than about 100 nanometers (nm) in diameter. Nanoparticles of various sorts are already found in products like sunscreen, paint and inkjet paper. More exotic varieties offer promise in medicine for sensitive diagnostic tests and novel treatments: the detection of Alzheimer's disease by finding a protein in spinal fluid, for instance, or nanopa

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noun microscopic particle

Españolnanopartícula
Portuguêsnanopartícula
Françaisnanoparticule
DeutschNanoteilchen, Nanopartikel
Italianonanoparticella
Ελληνικάνανοσωματίδιο nanosomatídio
Românănanoparticulă
Русскийнаночасти́ца nanočastíca

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@misc{nanoparticle_2026,
  title = {nanoparticle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nanoparticle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}