nanosecond

Noun

Meaning

one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond

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Sometimes your whole life could hinge on a fraction of an inch. Or the beat of a nanosecond. Or the knock on a door. J.R. Ward

Please cut off a nanosecond and send it over to me. Grace Hopper

For all that somebody gets dumped every nanosecond in the world, you don't want to be lumped in with everybody else – you want it to be expressed as poignantly and vividly as you feel it yourself...A cliche is only a cliche if it's happening in someone else's life. Joanna Trollope

As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond. Rufus Wainwright

I listen more to music when I'm on my computer. I'm into the latest YouTube thing. I'm a nanosecond kind of listener, but if I'm driving I would be listening to a Merle Haggard box set. It's a weird experience listening to 'Working Man Blues' by Merle Haggard and cruising around in a Porsche. Jason McCoy

I had all of one nanosecond to savor the news before we had to move on to other problems. Warren Christopher

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