Nanoengineer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An engineer who specializes in nanoengineering.

    "But in a new and very literal application of the phrase "magic bullet," nanoengineers and analytical chemists from the University of San Diego have built an "acoustic microcannon" -- an ultrasound-powered, needle-free drug delivery method that's meant to get medication straight to deep tissue, where we need it to do its work."

Example

More examples

"But in a new and very literal application of the phrase "magic bullet," nanoengineers and analytical chemists from the University of San Diego have built an "acoustic microcannon" -- an ultrasound-powered, needle-free drug delivery method that's meant to get medication straight to deep tissue, where we need it to do its work."

Etymology

From nano- + engineer.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.