Definition of "nanotechnology"

The first such review would also include a study of whether it is feasible to create nanoscale devices that can assemble themselves or copies of themselves molecule by molecule -- a subject of fierce debate among nanotechnology experts.

2003 November 20, Barnaby J. Feder, “Nanotechnology: Bill To Create Office Of Nanotechnology”, in The New York Times‎

Nanotechnology, the science of creating functional systems on the scale of molecules or smaller, could enable engineers to combine the functions of memory chips and disk drives on a device the size of a dime.

2006 September 23, Dan Mitchell, “The March of Nanotechnology”, in The New York Times‎