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| prefix | meaning | example | |||||||||||||
| nano- | denoting 10-9 | nanoelectronics | |||||||||||||
| en- | a) put in or on | enclose, enqueue | |||||||||||||
| b) cause to be in a certain condition | enable, encode, enhance | ||||||||||||||
| em- | a variant of en- before b, m, and p | embed, empower | |||||||||||||
| dis- | indicating reversal | connect – disconnect | |||||||||||||
| hetero- | other, another, or different | heterostructural | |||||||||||||
| macro- | a) large or great in size or duration | macroscopic | |||||||||||||
| b) producing larger than life images | macrophotography | ||||||||||||||
| micro- | very small | microprocessor | |||||||||||||
| inter- | between or among | international | |||||||||||||
| together, mutually, or reciprocally | interdependent, interchange | ||||||||||||||
| spiro- | spiral, in a spiral | spirogram | |||||||||||||
| de- | reversal of something | decode, decompose | |||||||||||||
| extra- | outside or beyond an area or scope | extraspectral | |||||||||||||
| bio- | relating to life or living organisms | bio-technical robot | |||||||||||||
| co- | mutual, indicating partnership | co-author, co-design | |||||||||||||
| bi- | two, having two, occurring twice | bifocal, binary code, bi-directional bus, | |||||||||||||
| re- | again/back | retransmit, replace, reboot | |||||||||||||
| ultra- | extremely/beyond | ultra-slim, ultraspeed, ulrastable | |||||||||||||
| sub- | under or below | submenu, sub-pixel, subfolder | |||||||||||||
| co- | with/together | co-authoring system, co-developer | |||||||||||||
| de- | remove/reduce | decode, deactivate, discharge | |||||||||||||
| mis- | wrongly, badly or incorrectly | misconnection, misprint | |||||||||||||
| over- | excessive; beyond a desirable limit | overvoltage, overdamping, overload | |||||||||||||
| top- | the highest in position, rank, or degree | top-level, top-rated, top-priority | |||||||||||||
| semi- | half | semi-automatic | |||||||||||||
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9. _____wires are considered as building blocks for the next generation of electronics.
10. Nanotransistors are so small that _____atomic interactions need to be studied extensively.
11. An _____bedded system can be described as part of a complete device often including hardware and mechanical parts.
12. By far, silicon is the most widely used material in _____conductor devices.
13. The new project is aimed at studying and evaluating concepts of space devices based on revolutionary _____nano-mechanisms formed by protein and DNA based nano-components.
14. Our company is developing energy efficient, low cost nanowire light-emitting diodes based on
_____structured semiconductor nanowire epitaxial growth.
15. The new transmission electron microscope devoted to studying matter at the atomic scale, is one of the _____performing in Europe.
16. The _____cipherment of the structure of the carbon C60 molecule was one of the most important step in the development of nanotechnology.
