Meaning & use
Nanoseconds
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Units of time equal to one billionth of a second (plural of nanosecond).
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The processor completes millions of calculations in a matter of nanoseconds.
Light travels roughly thirty centimeters in one nanosecond.
A note on using this word
The prefix 'nano-' denotes one billionth, from the Greek word for 'dwarf.'
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