nanobot
Americannoun
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a machine or robot built on the nanoscale, still in the research-and-development stage, with potential applications in medicine and industry.
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a machine or robot that can manipulate nanoscale objects with great precision.
Etymology
Origin of nanobot
Example Sentences
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History teaches that humans won’t go quietly into the A.I.-powered nanobot night.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2019
People travel for surgery all the time. @petersuderman: Can't we just skip to the point where health care and makeup are both managed by nanobot swarms?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2012
In 1970, well before the era of nanobot doctors, Mr. Kurzweil’s father, Fredric, died of a heart attack at his home in Queens.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2010
Armed with the proper software and sufficient dexterity, a nanorobot, or nanobot, could construct anything at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
See also quantifiers, pico-, nanoacre, nanobot, nanocomputer, nanofortnight.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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