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nanoseconds

nanoseconds is the plural of nanosecond.

Meaning of nanosecond

Noun

nanosecond (plural nanoseconds)

  1. An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁹ seconds. Symbol: ns
    • Holonyms: microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond <...
  2. (figuratively) An extremely short period of time; an instant.
    • I just know that the nanosecond I take my eyes off my phone, somebody's going to steal it.

Questions about nanoseconds

What is nanoseconds the plural of?
Nanoseconds is the plural of nanosecond.

Words near nanoseconds in the dictionary

  1. nanoscratching
  2. nanoscroll
  3. nanoscrolls
  4. nanoseaweed
  5. nanosecond
  6. nanoseconds
  7. nanoseed
  8. nanoseeds
  9. nanoselective
  10. nanosensing
  11. nanosensor

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