nanosecond

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A nanosecond is the time it takes for light to travel about one foot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Every metre of distance between two chips adds a nanosecond, one billionth of a second, to the processing time.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

The first half of the show unpacks the sensory systems that leads people to experience flavor in a nanosecond.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024

A different type of edge sealing using nanosecond lasers and a glass frit filler was tried in the past, but the welds proved too brittle for use in outdoor module designs.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2024

Crushing applause followed a nanosecond of crushing silence.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg