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anoacre: /nan'oh-ay`kr/ n. A unit (about 2 mm square) of real estate on a VLSI chip.
anobot: /nan'oh-bot/ n. A robot of microscopic proportions, presumably built by means of {{nanotechnology}}.
As yet, only used informally (and speculatively!). Also called a `nanoagent'. ...
anocomputer: /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ n. A computer with molecular-sized switching elements.
anofortnight: [Adelaide University] n. 1 fortnight * 10^-9, or about 1.
2 msec. This unit was used largely by students doing undergraduate practicals....
ano: /nan'oh/ [CMU: from `nanosecond'] n. A brief period of time.
Be with you in a nano" means you really will be free shortly, i....
Nanosecond: Measure of time on mork's planet ork. -- Computing Definitio
Nanosecond: Mork's stunt man.
Nanosecond, Used to measure a Womans attention span.
ano-: [SI: the next quantifier below {micro-}; meaning * 10^(-9)] pref.
Smaller than {micro-}, and used in the same rather loose and connotative way....
anotechnology:: /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.
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