grey goo

English

Alternative forms
  • gray goo (chiefly US)

Etymology

Coined by Eric Drexler in his 1986 book Engines of Creation.

Noun

grey goo (uncountable)

  1. A hypothetical end-of-the-world event involving nanotechnology, in which out-of-control self-replicating nanobots consume all life on Earth.
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