nanobot
Americannoun
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a machine or robot built on the nanoscale, still in the research-and-development stage, with potential applications in medicine and industry.
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a machine or robot that can manipulate nanoscale objects with great precision.
Etymology
Origin of nanobot
Example Sentences
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A 2006 third-person shooter game called Re-Mission featured a player traveling through a human body as a nanobot destroying cancer cells.
From Washington Post
When all hope seems lost, a mysterious child -- sharing the same tattoo as Aoki -- enters the hospital and the two musician/scientists draw up some nanobot technology, curing a somehow earlier version of Aoki as the song approaches its climax.
From Los Angeles Times
Flynne’s counterpart in nanobot London, the excellently named Wilf Netherton, is most notable for his ennui.
From Washington Post
Video games can make me into a nanobot navigating the microscopic world of cellular biology.
From Forbes
One of my favorites is Amplify’s SimCell, a role playing game in which the gamer controls a nanobot repairing a single cell from the inside–learning the vocabulary and structure of cellular biology.
From Forbes
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