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- often nanno- Extremely small: nannoplankton.
- One billionth (10 -9): nanosecond.
[Greek nānos, nannos, little old man, dwarf, from nannās, uncle.]
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[Etymology: Gk: ‘dwarf’] Symbol n-. (Metric) The 10-9 multiplier, e.g. 1 nanogram = 1 ng = 10-9 g.
[CMU: from nanosecond] A brief period of time. “Be with you in a nano” means you really will be free shortly, i.e., implies what mainstream people mean by “in a jiffy” (whereas the hackish use of ‘jiffy’ is quite different — see jiffy).
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- Combining Forms - nano-: one-billionth part of given base unit
- Prefixes - nano-: one billionth (nanosecond)
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Nano may refer to:
- Nano-, a prefix in the metric system
- Nano, an Arduino model (single-board microcontroller)
- Nano (comics)
- Nano (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
- Nano (Star Trek)
- NANO (journal)
- nano (text editor)
- Nanotechnology, a field of study dealing with nano-scale objects
- iPod Nano, a digital media player
- Silver Nano, an antibacterial technology
- Tata Nano, a car
- VIA Nano, a central processing unit (CPU)
- Nano receiver, a type of wireless mouse technology
- Nano, an element of the game Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
- Nano Shinonome, a Nichijou character
- Nano mini-exhibition, created by the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network
People
- Agnese Nano (born 1965), Italian actress
- Fatos Nano (born 1952), former Prime Minister of Albania
- Lourdes Flores Nano (born 1959), Peruvian politician
- Nano (Egyptian footballer) (b. 1985), Egyptian football defender/midfielder, full name Mohamed Mahmoud
- Nano (Spanish footballer born 1980), Spanish football defender, full name Victoriano Rivas Álvaro
- Fernando Macedo da Silva, aka Nano (born 1982), Spanish football winger, full name Fernando Macedo da Silva
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