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

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

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024

Locating and directing this mission requires extreme precision down to the nanosecond, errors in navigation which could risk spacecraft entering the wrong orbits.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2024

A key element to the experiment was installing a microchannel plate ion detector to accurately time the moment of impact down to the nanosecond.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023

The white-hot reaction devoured the surrounding oxygen in a nanosecond and surged down the path of least resistance, which was, of course, immediately after LEP Commander Root.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer