Nanoengineering
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Nanoengineering is the practice of engineering on the nanoscale. It derives its name from the nanometre, a unit of measurement equalling one billionth of a meter.
Nanoengineering is a near-synonym for nanoscience, but the latter emphasizes the engineering rather than the pure science aspects of the field. Furthermore, it is a near-synonym of nanotechnology, which indicates all the nanoscale technologies produced as the final output.