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Etymology

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nano- +‎ vortex

Noun

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nanovortex (plural nanovortices)

  1. A nanoscale vortex.
    • 2014, Anne Marcovich, Toward a New Dimension: Exploring the Nanoscale, page 133:
      The study of a nanovortex in superconductivity, portrayed here, entails twin sources of information: STM measurements give the topology of the object; scanning tunneling spectroscopy registers the intensity of the relationship of the current with the voltage.