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NANOSECOND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("nanosecond" is a kind of...):
time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)
Meronyms (parts of "nanosecond"):
picosecond (one trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond)
Holonyms ("nanosecond" is a part of...):
microsecond (one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond)