词根词缀:nano- [NA noh], nan-, nanno-, -nania

【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

词根词缀:sci-, -science, -scientific, -scientifically, -scient, -sciently

【来源及含义】Latin: to know, to learn; knowledge

【相关词根词缀】 Related articles about science: "Science Race"; STEM, Part 1; STEM, Part 2; Scientific Specialties. Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "know, knowledge; learn, learning": cogni-; discip-; gno-; histor-; intellect-; learn, know; math-; sap-; sopho-.

【同源单词】agricultural science, artes, Artes, attoscience, biobehavioral sciences, bioscience