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Where does “nanocoulomb” come from?

nanocoulomb (English) comes from English nano, from English nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος — dwarf.

nanocoulomb (English): A unit of electric charge equal to 10 coulombs

Definitions

  1. A unit of electric charge equal to 10 coulombs

Ancestry of “nanocoulomb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnanoNanotechnology
2Englishnano-API; In the International System of Units and...
3Latinnānus—
4Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf
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