nanoparticle.

A particle with dimensions on the nanometer scale, often conventionally within roughly one to one hundred nanometers.

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Words that belong together

• a nanoparticle suspension
• nanoparticle coating

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The nanoparticle suspension aggregated before it reached the spray head.

She checked the coating’s nanoparticle distribution rather than judging it by shine.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular nanoparticle; plural nanoparticles. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.