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yottasecond

yottasecond noun: an SI unit of time equal to 10²⁴ seconds. Symbol: Ys. (= quadrillions of years, a hypothetical time span that is meaningless except in speculative contexts such as theoretical physics, philosophy, religion, and humorous hyperbole).

Noun

yottasecond (plural yottaseconds)

  1. An SI unit of time equal to 10²⁴ seconds. Symbol: Ys. (= quadrillions of years, a hypothetical time span that is meaningless except in speculative contexts such as theoretical physics, philosophy, religion, and humorous hyperbole)
    • Holonyms: ronnasecond < quettasecond
    • Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year <...

Examples of yottasecond in a sentence

  • "always on" presumably means 100.00 % uptime for the rest of infinity with nary a yottasecond's downtime.2000 October 31, Joe Harrison <joe.harrison@ANT15P4M.teamware.co.uk>, “Re: Bt openworld limitations .. post `em here”, in...
  • Basically, I want yottaseconds and yoctoyears calculated with the same datatype for normal time.2009 February 20, Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>, “Re: r25445 - docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library”, in perl.perl6.language (Usenet)...
  • 12.7 furlongs per fortnight in parsecs per yottasecond2009 April 3, <timewarp2008@yahoo.com>, “Re: The first rule of marriage”, in soc.religion.quaker,alt.stupidity (Usenet), message-ID...

Forms of yottasecond

pluralyottaseconds

Origin of yottasecond

From yotta- + second.

Questions about yottasecond

What does yottasecond mean?
Yottasecond means an SI unit of time equal to 10²⁴ seconds. Symbol: Ys. (= quadrillions of years, a hypothetical time span that is meaningless except in speculative contexts such as theoretical physics, philosophy, religion, and humorous hyperbole).
How do you use yottasecond in a sentence?
"always on" presumably means 100.00 % uptime for the rest of infinity with nary a yottasecond's downtime.
What part of speech is yottasecond?
Yottasecond is a noun.
What is the plural of yottasecond?
The plural of yottasecond is yottaseconds.

Words near yottasecond in the dictionary

  1. yottameters
  2. yottametre
  3. yottametres
  4. yottaparsec
  5. yottaparsecs
  6. yottasecond
  7. yottaseconds
  8. yottaton
  9. yottatons
  10. yotted
  11. yotten

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