attosecond

Noun

Meaning

one quintillionth (10^-18) of a second; one thousandth of a femtosecond

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

millennium century day second year month week decade hour minute AS millisecond microsecond nanosecond femtosecond

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Hypernyms

time unit unit of time

Examples

Their tests involved tunneling electrons, where the group argued a relativistic prediction for tunneling time should be 500-600 attoseconds (an attosecond is one quintillionth (10 18 ) of a second). Source: Internet

The scientists used extremely short flashes of light, called attosecond pulses, which allowed an electron's motion to be observed for the first time. Source: Internet

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