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/nˌænəʊsˈɛkənd/
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[ US /ˈnænoʊˌsɛkənd/ ]
[ US /ˈnænoʊˌsɛkənd/ ]
NOUN
- one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond
How To Use nanosecond In A Sentence
- The last vestiges of doubt were erased in little more than a nanosecond. Times, Sunday Times
- The sensor can time this journey down to the nanosecond, ESA says, meaning that the instrument is accurate to within two centimetres.
- Within a nanosecond of my reaching the other side, a high speed streamliner coming around a curve passed over those very same tracks at about 100 miles per hour. Advice to those people seeking info on Mexico
- The word that comes to mind is exothermic, the first nanoseconds of an explosion splintering into white-hot fractal fissures. Lambo's Latest Rambo Has a Heart
- A number of time-resolved Laue studies have been performed with time resolutions varying from nanoseconds to milliseconds.
- God forbid that we should think for a nanosecond that he was driven by any thought of principle, ethics, humanity or compassion.
- Gutterman , acknowledged that sometimes police have to make shooting judgments in a " nanosecond, " but added " this was just tunnel vision, contagious shooting. Ruling Over Stray Shots
- He moves on, never wasting a nanosecond.
- The Israeli government under PM Benjamin Netanyahu has not for a nanosecond reduced its commitment to peace. Yoav Sivan: Israel Procrastinates in Following Through on Its Commitments
- Even if you're one of the cranky coots who loathe every nanosecond of the prequel trilogy, Clone Wars still qualifies as top-notch.