nano-

/nan'oh/ 1. A {prefix}.

2. Used losely to mean "small", e.g. {nanotechnology}.

3. (CMU, from "nanosecond") A brief period of time.

"Be with you in a nano" means you really will be free shortly,

i.e. implies what mainstream people mean by "in a jiffy".

Compare {jiffy}.

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(1995-09-20)