nanotechnologistn.
/ˌnanə(ʊ)tɛkˈnɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌnænoʊtɛkˈnɑlədʒəst/ An expert or specialist in nanotechnology.
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technologist1815
technographer1900
human engineer1916
job analyst1917
methods engineer1939
systems engineer1940
cyberneticist1949
cybernetician1950
human factors engineer1959
nanotechnologist1986
1986 Washington Post 21 Dec. d3/4 These developments still involve the manipulation of huge numbers of atoms, and are crude compared with the manipulations the nanotechnologists hope to achieve—one atom at a time.
1993 Sci. Amer. Jan. 3 By shrinking semiconductor devices to a billionth of a meter, nanotechnologists are able to confine electrons to a mathematical point.
2001 Business Week (Nexis) 16 July Nanotechnologists have designed many minuscule motors, gears, and other components.
2016 Financial Times 29 Feb. 16/1 I know a nanotechnologist who claims already to have the technique for storing every book ever printed, the entire contents of the internet and all of Facebook and Twitter in the space of one atom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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