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Used loosely to mean "small", e.g. nanotechnology, or (rarely), following "nanosecond", to mean a short time, e.g. "I'll be with you in a nano".
(01 Jul 2002)
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<prefix>
1. A prefix meaning one-billionth; as, a nanogram is one-thousandth of a microgram.
2. Very small, submicroscopic, used to designate sizes smaller than those that would be referred to as micro-; as, nanoscale manipulations.
(05 Feb 2009)
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