English Explanatory Dictionary

utility fog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hypothetical collection of tiny nanobots that can replicate a physical structure. The robots would be microscopic, with extending arms reaching in several different directions, and could perform three-dimensional lattice reconfiguration.

Word forms

utility fog

Etymology

Coined by John Storrs Hall in 1989.

Synonyms

foglet
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