nanosecond

Example Sentences

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Because this encounter can take several nanoseconds, a long lasting excited state is essential.

From Science Daily

The NFL has survived scandals in the recent past — concussions, violence against women and race issues — and it hasn’t slowed down the league for a nanosecond.

From Los Angeles Times

No matter how far back in time we go, there is no telling what actually occurred at that very first nanosecond of implosion.

From Los Angeles Times

In some of the most beautiful prose of Van Booy’s oeuvre, Max ponders existence, memory, time — a voice with everything at stake and not one nanosecond to waste.

From Washington Post

But obviously, real-world physics solves this somehow because proteins fold up in nanoseconds or milliseconds.

From Scientific American