nanotic

English

Etymology

Contraction of nanorobotic.

Adjective

nanotic (not comparable)

1. nanorobotic
   • 1996, OECD, Macroeconomic Policies and Structural Reform, OECD Publishing (→ISBN), page 293:

     ... technology fusion as well as highly-sophisticated assembly know-how (e.g., semi-conductors and flexible manufacturing), nanotic micro-processing technologies such as electric devices and non-organic advanced materials ...

   • 1999, Stephen L. Burns, Flesh and Silver, ROC Hardcover, →ISBN:

     If he hadn't been here, I might have tried to do it myself, but even with nanotic forceps I would have done more harm than good."

   • 2008, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction:

     Nanobodies: Synthetically produced nanotic machinery.

Anagrams

• actinon, cantion, contain