"carbon nanotube" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carbon nanotubes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} carbon nanotube (plural carbon nanotubes)
  1. Any nanostructure, a member of the fullerene family, having graphene layers wrapped into perfect cylinders. Wikipedia link: carbon nanotube Synonyms: buckytube, CNT [abbreviation] Derived forms: carbon nanotube reinforced plastic, carbon nanotube reinforced polymer, CNRP, CNT [abbreviation], CNTRP Translations (nanostructure having graphene layers wrapped into perfect cylinders): 碳納米管 (Chinese Mandarin), 碳纳米管 (tànnàmǐguǎn) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 碳奈米管 (tànnàimǐguǎn) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), hiilinanoputki (Finnish), nanotube de carbone [masculine] (French), Kohlenstoffnanoröhre [feminine] (German), nanotub de carbon [neuter] (Romanian)

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