NANOTUBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nanotube mean? 

• NANOTUBE (noun)
  The noun NANOTUBE has 1 sense:

1. a fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape

  Familiarity information: NANOTUBE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NANOTUBE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

carbon nanotube; nanotube

Hypernyms ("nanotube" is a kind of...):

fullerene (a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms)

 Context examples 

"Carbon nanotubes are highly resilient," Hersam says.

(Materials for the next generation of electronics and photovoltaics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A carbon nanotube comprised of two layers of graphitic carbon.

(Double-Walled Nanotube, NCI Thesaurus)

A nanotube consisting of single-walled nanotubes layered inside each other.

(Multi-Walled Nanotube, NCI Thesaurus)

A measure of the degree of geometrical symmetry in the structure of the nanotube.

(Nanotube Chirality, NCI Thesaurus)

Carbon nanotubes can be used as nanometer-scale syringe needles for injecting molecules into cells and as nanoscale probes for making fine-scale measurements.

(Carbon Nanotubes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers first twist-spun the nanotubes into high-strength, lightweight yarns.

(Energy-Harvesting Yarns Generate Electricity, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The tiny sensor is about 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair and made of single-stranded DNA wrapped around a single-walled carbon nanotube.

(High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet Causes Lasting Harmful Effects on Liver, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An explosive device comprised of carbon nanotubes.

(Nanobomb, NCI Thesaurus)

Carbon nanotubes can also form as a series of nested, concentric tubes.

(Carbon Nanotubes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The yarns are constructed from carbon nanotubes, which are hollow cylinders of carbon 10,000 times smaller in diameter than a human hair.

(Energy-Harvesting Yarns Generate Electricity, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)