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.
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Origin of nanobot
Example Sentences
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Nanobot, a very tiny robotic tool Robots, robots everywhere, At home, at work, at play.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2018
Nanobot technology will provide fully immersive, totally convincing virtual reality.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nanobot technology will be able to expand our minds in virtually any imaginable way.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nanobot self-replication run amuck could have the potential to create a nonbiological cancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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