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nano- (nan′ō, -ə)

one billionth part of (a specified unit); the factor 10 nanosecond

Etymology: < Gr nanos, dwarf, akin to nanna, aunt: see nun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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