nanohoop

noun

Etymology

From nano- + hoop.

  1. derived from *kāb-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *hōpą✻ — “bend, bow, arch”
  3. inherited from hōp — “mound, raised land; in combination, circular object”
  4. inherited from hoop
  5. prefixed as nanohoop — “nano + hoop”

Definitions

  1. A nanoscale hoop, typically constructed from linked benzene rings.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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