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NANOTUBE
Etymology
Noun
nanotube (plural nanotubes)
(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.
any nanotech tubular structure with a characteristic diameter measured in a few nanometres, such as titanium nanotubes
Synonyms
(carbon molecule)
• buckytube
• carbon nanotube
Anagrams
• butanone
Source: Wiktionary
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NURSE
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
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