What does nanotechnology mean?
Word: Nanotechnology
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Nanotechnology means the science of building and using extremely tiny things, working at the size of atoms and molecules.
How do you spell nanotechnology?
Syllables: nan - o - tech - nol - o - gy
Tricky part: It is written as one word, with no hyphen or space, and the h after the c is easy to forget.
Watch out for: nanotecnology, nanotecknology, nanotechnolagy
Memory tip: Keep the h in tech, the same h you see in technique and mechanic.
Nanotechnology in a sentence
Example 1: Nanotechnology helps make computer chips smaller and faster every few years.
Example 2: Scientists hope nanotechnology will carry medicine to exactly the right cells.
Example 3: My sister's college offers a course in nanotechnology.
Fun Fact
The physicist Richard Feynman described building things atom by atom in a 1959 talk, but the word nanotechnology was first used by the Japanese engineer Norio Taniguchi in 1974.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
____technology
a) nanno
b) nena
c) nanu
d) nano
Show answer
d) nano. The prefix is spelt n-a-n-o, with a single n in its middle.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) nanotechnalogy
b) laboratory
c) microscope
d) electronics
Show answer
a) nanotechnalogy. The vowel after techn is o, as in technology itself.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
golynchonetano
a) nanotechnology
b) technological
c) anthology
d) biotechnology
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a) nanotechnology. All fourteen letters are used only in nanotechnology; biotechnology needs a b and an i.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which product has been made using nanotechnology?
a) a paper kite with a bamboo frame
b) a clay pot baked in a kiln
c) a wooden chair joined with glue
d) clear sunscreen with tiny zinc particles
Show answer
d) clear sunscreen with tiny zinc particles
2. Nanotechnology works with things measured in ____.
a) kilometres
b) billionths of a metre
c) whole metres
d) thousandths of a metre
Show answer
b) billionths of a metre
