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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 nanosecondplay

  Familiarity information: PICOSECOND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PICOSECOND (noun)


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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