“Nanomaterial” means a natural, incidental or manufactured material consisting of solid particles that are present, either on their own or as identifiable constituent particles in aggregates or agglomerates, and where 50 % or more of these particles in the number-based size distribution fulfil at least one of the following conditions: one or more external dimensions of the particle are in the size range 1 nm to 100 nm ; the particle has an elongated shape, such as a rod, fibre or tube, where two external dimensions are smaller than 1 nm and the other dimension is larger than 100 nm ; the particle has a plate-like shape, where one external dimension is smaller than 1 nm and the other dimensions are larger than 100 nm (European Commission, Communication on the definition of nanomaterial, 10 June 2022).