English Dictionary: nanotechnology | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Nemathecium \[d8]Nem`a*the"ci*um\ (? [or] [?]), n.; pl. {Nemathecia}. [NL., fr. gr. [?] a thread + [?] a box.] (Bot.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red alg[91], consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores. | |
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d8Nematocalyx \[d8]Nem`a*to*ca"lyx\, n.; pl. {Nematocalyces}, E. -{calyxes}. [NL. See {Nemato-}, and {Calyx}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family {Plumularid[91]}. They contain nematocysts. See {Plumularia}. | |
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Nematocyst \Nem"a*to*cyst\, n. [Nemato- + cyst.] (Zo[94]l.) A lasso cell, or thread cell. See {Lasso cell}, under {Lasso}. | |
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Nematogene \Nem"a*to*gene\, n. [Nemato- + root of Gr. [?] to be born.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to {rhombogene}. | |
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Nematognath \Nem`a*tog"nath\, n. (Zo[94]l.) one of the Nematognathi. | |
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Currant \Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from its resemblance to that grape.] 1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery. 2. The acid fruit or berry of the {Ribes rubrum} or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant. 3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus {Ribes} (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the {Ribes rubrum}. {Black currant},a shrub or bush ({Ribes nigrum} and {R. floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit. {Cherry currant}, a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry. {Currant borer} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect that bores into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[92]geria tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus supernotatus}). {Currant worm} (Zo[94]l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly ({Nematus ventricosus}), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm ({Eufitchia ribearia}). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly ({Epochra Canadensis}), and a spanworm ({Eupithecia}). {Flowering currant}, {Missouri currant}, a species of {Ribes} ({R. aureum}), having showy yellow flowers. | |
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Ninety \Nine"ty\, n.; pl. {Nineties}. 1. The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects. 2. A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc. | |
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Noematachograph \No*e`ma*tach"o*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] the understanding + [?] swiftness + -graph.] An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind. --Dunglison. | |
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Noematic \No`e*mat"ic\, Noematical \No`e*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] the understanding. See {Noetic}.] Of or pertaining to the understanding. [Obs.] --Cudworth. | |
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Noematic \No`e*mat"ic\, Noematical \No`e*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?] the understanding. See {Noetic}.] Of or pertaining to the understanding. [Obs.] --Cudworth. | |
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Nomadic \No*mad"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Nomad}.] Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. -- {No*mad"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Nomadic \No*mad"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]. See {Nomad}.] Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. -- {No*mad"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Nomadism \Nom"ad*ism\, n. The state of being a nomad. | |
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Nomadize \Nom"ad*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nomadized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nomadizing}.] To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. --W. Tooke. | |
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Nomadize \Nom"ad*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nomadized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nomadizing}.] To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. --W. Tooke. | |
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Nomadize \Nom"ad*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Nomadized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nomadizing}.] To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. --W. Tooke. | |
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Nondecane \Non*dec"ane\, n. [L. nonus ninth + decem ten.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance, {C19H40}; -- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule. | |
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Nondeciduate \Non`de*cid"u*ate\, a. (Anat.) Characterized by the absence of a decidua; indeciduate. | |
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Nondescript \Non"de*script\, a. [Pref. non- + L. descriptus described.] Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable. | |
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Nondescript \Non"de*script\, n. A thing not yet described; that of which no account or explanation has been given; something abnormal, or hardly classifiable. | |
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Nondiscovery \Non`dis*cov"er*y\, n. Want or failure of discovery. | |
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Nontoxic \Non*tox"ic\, a. Not toxic. | |
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Now \Now\, adv. [OE. nou, nu, AS. n[d4], nu; akin to D., OS., & OHG. nu, G. nu, nun, Icel., n[d4], Dan., Sw., & Goth. nu, L. nunc, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. nu, n[d4]. [fb]193. Cf. {New}.] 1. At the present time; at this moment; at the time of speaking; instantly; as, I will write now. I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago. --Arbuthnot. 2. Very lately; not long ago. They that but now, for honor and for plate, Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate. --Waller. 3. At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to. The ship was now in the midst of the sea. --Matt. xiv. 24. 4. In present circumstances; things being as they are; -- hence, used as a connective particle, to introduce an inference or an explanation. How shall any man distinguish now betwixt a parasite and a man of honor ? --L'Estrange. Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is ? --Shak. Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas was a robber. --John xviii. 40. The other great and undoing mischief which befalls men is, by their being misrepresented. Now, by calling evil good, a man is misrepresented to others in the way of slander. --South. {Now and again}, now and then; occasionally. {Now and now}, again and again; repeatedly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Now and then}, at one time and another; indefinitely; occasionally; not often; at intervals. [bd]A mead here, there a heath, and now and then a wood.[b8] --Drayton. {Now now}, at this very instant; precisely now. [Obs.] [bd]Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this.[b8] --J. Webster (1607). {Now . . . now}, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. [bd]Now high, now low, now master up, now miss.[b8] --Pope. | |
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Again \A*gain"\ (?; 277), adv. [OE. agein, agayn, AS. ongegn, onge[a0]n, against, again; on + ge[a0]n, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. {Gainsay}.] 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again? --Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again. 4. In any other place. [Archaic] --Bacon. 5. On the other hand. [bd]The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman.[b8] --Shak. 6. Moreover; besides; further. Again, it is of great consequence to avoid, etc. --Hersche[?]. {Again and again}, more than once; often; repeatedly. {Now and again}, now and then; occasionally. {To and again}, to and fro. [Obs.] --De Foe. Note: Again was formerly used in many verbal combinations, as, again-witness, to witness against; again-ride, to ride against; again-come, to come against, to encounter; again-bring, to bring back, etc. | |
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Nunatak \Nu"na*tak\, n.; pl. {-taks}(the pl. form {Nunatakker} is Swedish). [Eskimo nun[91]ttak.] In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet. | |
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Nunatak \Nu"na*tak\, n.; pl. {-taks}(the pl. form {Nunatakker} is Swedish). [Eskimo nun[91]ttak.] In Greenland, an insular hill or mountain surrounded by an ice sheet. | |
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nanotechnology /nan'-oh-tek-no`l*-jee/ n. A hypothetical fabrication technology in which objects are designed and built with the individual specification and placement of each separate atom. The first unequivocal nanofabrication experiments took place in 1990, for example with the deposition of individual xenon atoms on a nickel substrate to spell the logo of a certain very large computer company. Nanotechnology has been a hot topic in the hacker subculture ever since the term was coined by K. Eric Drexler in his book "Engines of Creation" (Anchor/Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-19973-2), where he predicted that nanotechnology could give rise to replicating assemblers, permitting an exponential growth of productivity and personal wealth (there's an authorized transcription at `http://www.foresight.org/EOC/index.html.'). See also {blue goo}, {gray goo}, {nanobot}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
nanotechnology /nan'-oh-tek-no"l*-jee/ Any fabrication technology in which objects are designed and built by the specification and placement of individual atoms or molecules or where at least one dimension is on a scale of {nanometers}. The first unequivocal nanofabrication experiments took place in 1990, for example with the deposition of individual xenon atoms on a nickel substrate to spell the logo of a certain very large computer company. Nanotechnology has been a hot topic in the hacker subculture ever since the term was coined by K. Eric Drexler in his book "Engines of Creation", where he predicted that nanotechnology could give rise to replicating assemblers, permitting an exponential growth of productivity and personal wealth. See also {nanobot}. {(http://www.lucifer.com/~sean/Nano.html)}. (2003-05-02) |