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| Nanomachine | An artificial eutactic mechanical device that relies on nanometer-scale components; see molecular machine. |
| Nanomechanical | Pertaining to nanomachines. |
| Nanoscale | On a scale of nanometers, from atomic dimensions to ~100 nm. |
| Nanosystem | A eutactic set of nanoscale components working together to serve a set of purposes; complex nanosystems can be of macroscopic size. |
| Nanotechnology | In recent general usage, any technology related to features of nanometer scale: thin films, fine particles, chemical synthesis, advanced microlithography, and so forth. As introduced by the author, a technology based on the ability to build structures to complex, atomic specifications by means of mechanosynthesis; this can be termed molecular nanotechnology. |
| NMOS | An acronym for n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor, as in NMOS transistor and NMOS logic. |
| Nucleus | The positively charged core of an atom, an object of ~0.00001 atomic diameters containing >99.9% of the atomic mass. Nuclear positions define atomic positions. |
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