nanotube

From nano- +‎ tube.

• Hyphenation: na‧no‧tu‧be

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nanotube (plural nanotubes)

1. Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.
2. any nanotech tubular structure with a characteristic diameter measured in a few nanometres, such as titanium nanotubes

(carbon molecule):

• buckytube
• carbon nanotube

• nanotechnology

• butanone

nanotube m (plural nanotubes)

1. nanotube