nanite
/ˈnanʌɪt/(also nannite) Science Fiction
noun
A nanomachine designed to build other nanomachines; a self-reproducing nanorobot.
Origin
1990s; earliest use found in Cinefantastique. From nano- + -ite.
- oxygen tent
- oxygen toxicity
- oxygon
- oxyhaemocyanin
- oxyhaemoglobin
- oxyhelium
- oxyhemoglobin
- oxyhexaster
- oxyhydrate
- oxyhydrocarbon
- oxyhydrogen
- oxyhydrogen blowpipe
- oxyhydroxide
- oxyiodide
- oxyiodine
- oxyluciferin
- oxymel
- oxymetric
- oxymoron
- oxymoronic
- oxymoronically
- oxymuriate
- oxymuriated
- oxymuriatic acid
- oxymyoglobin