nanosecond
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈnænəˌsɛkənd/
- Specialized
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nanosegundo
- For example, a clock on Mount Everest gains 80 nanoseconds per day relative to clocks at sea level.
- nanosecond pulse
- nanosecond voltage
- 2 nanoseconds
And then I realized in a nanosecond that this guy's out.
- And then I realized in a nanosecond that this guy's out.
- Now time takes a few nanoseconds to come from you to me.
- Roughly speaking, you know, computers are operating in the nanosecond time scale, right?
- Took the picture and I sent the picture and in a nanosecond you hit me back.
- That's a nanosecond on Monday morning.
- It's super cool in less than a nanosecond.
- And in the optical we look for time compression, pulses of light that last a nanosecond or less.
- And I've always said that if they can study the first nanoseconds of The Big Bang, we can certainly figure out something about intelligence that allows that.
Examples
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And then I realized in a nanosecond that this guy's out.
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I have a philosophy that every moment, every precious nanosecond and moment is perfect.
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You know we could do this in a nanosecond, right?
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I have some things to tell you, so if you show up one nanosecond late...
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My kids have certainly never for a nanosecond believed that animals could really talk.
Blog text (12) -
Roughly speaking, you know, computers are operating in the nanosecond time scale, right?
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We sold that first pound in about five nanoseconds.
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Since this change is caused by electric fields, it happens very quickly, in just about a nanosecond, and the brightness doesn't suffer.
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The arachnid yanks the cricket below and replaces the roof in a nanosecond.
Fiction book (2002) -
Computers process information in a nanosecond, allowing them to perform millions of calculations per second.
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Etymology
The word nanosecond joins nano- and second; nano- comes from an old Greek word meaning 'dwarf' or 'very small', and second is the time unit you already know. So, a nanosecond is a very tiny part of a second — 'one billionth' of a second — which is why we use it to measure very fast things like electronics and light travel.