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Picosecond Moderate

Picosecond has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

one trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond

2

An SI unit of time equal to 10^(−12) seconds. Symbol: ps

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
time unit

Origin

The word picosecond combines the metric prefix pico- with the unit of time, second. It refers to one trillionth of a second.

Rhyming Words
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