【来源及含义】Greek: dwarf, dwarfish; pygmy; "little old man;" very small or tiny; also, a decimal prefix used in the international metric system for measurements
【相关描述】This prefix is used in the metric [decimal] system as billionth [U.S.] and thousand-millionth [U.K.], 10-9 [0.000 000 001]. The metric symbol for nano- is n.
【相关词根词缀】Related "few, small, less, little" word units: ;micro-,mini-,mio-, meio-,oligo-, olig-.
;Related "metric" families: ;yotta; ;zetta,exa; ;peta,tera,giga; ;mega,kilo; ;hecto,deka,deci; ;centi,milli; ;micro,pico; ;femto,atto; ;zepto,yocto.
【同源单词】bionanotechnology, nanandrous, nanism, nanization, nannandrous, nannofossil