picosecond

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

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

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Hypernyms

time unit unit of time

Phrases with the word

sub-picosecond

Anagrams

endoscopic

Examples

A molecule rotates about 1 radian per picosecond in a fluid, thus this loss occurs at about 10 11 Hz (in the microwave region). Source: Internet

In 1984, the first photoconductive antennas for picosecond electromagnetic radiation were demonstrated by Auston and others. Source: Internet

This allows the observation of coupling between different vibrational modes; because of its extremely fine time resolution, it can be used to monitor molecular dynamics on a picosecond timescale. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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