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Clean Terms

Atomically Precise Manufacturing

Defined on the main page.
This term was heavily used in the book "Radical Abundace: how a revolution in nanotechnology will change civilisation" to solve perception problems.

Atomically Precise Technology

Umberella term for APM and the products creatable with APM.
It should be used in place of "Molecular Nanotechnology".

Mechanosynthesis

Defined on the "mechanosynthesis" page.

Machine Phase

Defined on the "machine phase" page

Machine Phase Chemistry

Defined on the "tooltip chemistry" page.

Diamondoid Materials

Defined on the "diamondoid" page.

Diamondoid Molecular Elements

Dedined on the "diamondoid molecular elements" page.

Here's a suggestion for a more catchy and usable name: crystolecules

Advanced Molecular Machinery

A bit too generic like "Nanomedicine".

Terms Containing "Nano"

Somewhat acceptable terms

Molecular Nanotechnology

This is the most widely used term for AP technology as of (2013)
Google searches yield the most relevant results when this term is used.
Wikipedia uses this still as the main term Moelcular nanotechnology

Productive nanosystems - Ok

Defined on the technology level III page.

Currently prevalently used term. APM systems could be used as alternative.

Nanofactories

Currently prevalently used term. Atomically precise 3D printers could be used as alternative.

Advanced Nanotechnology

There is also advanced nanotechnology in the biological direction, so this term is too unspecific and should be avoided.

Nanomechanics - Ok

Nanorobotics / Robotic Nanotechnology - Ok

nano-structures - in context Ok

nano-cosmos - in context Ok

nano-scale - in context Ok

Machine Phase Nanotechnology

Ok. (uncommon)

Nanomedicine

Somewhat vague, medicine has always had subject areas about nano sized compounds.

Terms to Avoid

Nanotechnology

This term is way too generic and has lost its original meaning. See "history" for more information.

Nanobots

Spurs misinformed thoughts of artificial lifeforms.

Nanites

Makes sure one thinks of dangerous "nanobugs".

Nanosubmarines

Not that bad for speculative medical nanodevices but propulsion and interaction with nanobiology is often imagined in wrong nonphysical ways.

Nanobugs

Completely unsuitable.

General Terms

technological evolution

Before using it check if you really mean evolution not an other type of improvement like targeted design.
Some evolutionary traits:

• lots of unexpected mergement of seemingly unrelated ideas
• brute force trial and error visiting much more dead ends than successful continuation points