nanotube

nanotube

English

Etymology

nano- +‎ tube

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na‧no‧tu‧be

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Noun

nanotube (plural nanotubes)

1. (chemistry) Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.
2. any nanotech tubular structure with a characteristic diameter measured in a few nanometres, such as titanium nanotubes

Synonyms

(carbon molecule):

• buckytube
• carbon nanotube

Translations

A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube

Chinese: Mandarin: 納米管／纳米管 (zh) (nàmǐguǎn) French: nanotube (fr) m German: Nanoröhre f Ido: nanotubo (io) Japanese: ナノチューブ (nanochūbu) Polish: nanorurka f Russian: нанотру́бка (ru) f (nanotrúbka)

See also

• nanotechnology

Anagrams

• butanone

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French

Noun

nanotube m (plural nanotubes)

1. nanotube