English Explanatory Dictionary

nanosecond

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁹ seconds. Symbol: ns
  2. An extremely short period of time; an instant.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

nanosecond nanoseconds

Etymology

From nano- + second.

Related words

mul:ns

Derived words

light-nanosecond subnanosecond

Translations

Catalan: nanosegon Chinese Mandarin: 納秒 /纳秒 Czech: nanosekunda Danish: nanosekund Dutch: nanoseconde Estonian: nanosekund Finnish: nanosekunti French: nanoseconde Galician: nanosegundo German: Nanosekunde Hungarian: nanoszekundum Icelandic: nanósekúnda Italian: nanosecondo Japanese: ナノ秒 Lithuanian: nanosekundė Malay: nanosaat Polish: nanosekunda Portuguese: nanossegundo Romanian: nanosecundă Russian: наносеку́нда Slovak: nanosekunda Spanish: nanosegundo Swedish: nanosekund Telugu: నానోసెకను Turkish: nanosaniye
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