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novelty  

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  • The term novelty, along with the cognate terms new, invention, and innovation, features frequently in descriptions of science and technology. Nanoscience, in particular, has been and continues to be seen as novel, even compared to other technological developments, and the novelty of nanoscience is a large contributing factor to its fame. [Source: Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society; Novelty]

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