"nanotube" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: Nanotube.wav [US] Forms: nanotubes [plural]
Etymology: nano- + tube Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|nano|tube}} nano- + tube Head templates: {{en-noun}} nanotube (plural nanotubes)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Polymer Translations (A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube): 納米管 (Chinese Mandarin), 纳米管 (nàmǐguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), nanotube [masculine] (French), Nanoröhre [feminine] (German), nanotubo (Ido), ナノチューブ (nanochūbu) (Japanese), nanorurka [feminine] (Polish), нанотру́бка (nanotrúbka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-nanotube-en-noun-O34vwJV- Disambiguation of Polymer: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with nano-, Allotropes of carbon Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with nano-: 61 39 Disambiguation of Allotropes of carbon: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube': 91 9
  2. any nanotech tubular structure with a characteristic diameter measured in a few nanometres, such as titanium nanotubes
    Sense id: en-nanotube-en-noun-gVrECCGa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: buckytube, carbon nanotube Related terms: nanotechnology

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