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nanoplastic

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English nanoplastic From nano- + plastic.

  1. derived from plastic English nanoplastic From nano- + plastic
  2. derived from plasticusder
  3. derived from nānusbor

Definitions

  1. A nanoparticle formed by the degradation of a plastic.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nanoplastic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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