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PICOSECOND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does picosecond mean?
• PICOSECOND (noun)
The noun PICOSECOND has 1 sense:
1. one trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond
Familiarity information: PICOSECOND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("picosecond" is a kind of...):
time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)
Meronyms (parts of "picosecond"):
femtosecond (one quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond)
Holonyms ("picosecond" is a part of...):
nanosecond (one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond)
Context examples
In reality, it only takes a picosecond, but on film, the process has been slowed down by a trillion times.
(World's Fastest Film Camera, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Many take place on a picosecond and femtosecond scale, which is unbelievably fast — the number of femtoseconds in one second is significantly larger than the number of seconds in a person's life-time.
(World's Fastest Film Camera, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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