grey goo
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- gray goo (chiefly US)
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Eric Drexler in his 1986 book Engines of Creation.
Noun[edit]
- A hypothetical end-of-the-world event involving nanotechnology, in which out-of-control self-replicating nanobots consume all life on Earth.