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nanosecond
[nan-uh-sek-uhnd, ney-nuh-]
nanosecond
/ ˈæəʊˌɛəԻ /
noun
ns.one thousand-millionth of a second
nanosecond
One billionth (10 - 9) of a second.
nanosecond
A billionth of a second.
Word History and Origins
Origin of nanosecond1
Example Sentences
I just can’t imagine ever describing my son as a p— just to make strangers happy for a nanosecond.
They’ve measured the cosmic microwave background, or leftover radiation from the Big Bang, with extremely high precision to help paint a picture of the first nanoseconds of the universe.
The first half of the show unpacks the sensory systems that leads people to experience flavor in a nanosecond.
In addition, the chip performs key computations in less than half a nanosecond.
The intense beams will allow researchers to image samples at nanometer scales and take snapshots of chemical reactions over nanosecond time frames.
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