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Nanosecond meaning
An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁹ seconds. Symbol: ns
Synonyms of Nanosecond
Using Nanosecond
- The main meaning on this page is: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁹ seconds. Symbol: ns
- Useful related words include: time unit, unit of time.
- In the example corpus, nanosecond often appears in combinations such as: half nanosecond, every nanosecond, for nanosecond.
Context around Nanosecond
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nanosecond
- In this selection, "nanosecond" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, half, short, sub, precision, bursts and timing stand out and add context to how "nanosecond" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the nanosecond one billionth and b every nanosecond. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nanosecond" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nanosecond
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The legend grows by the nanosecond. (6 words)
Asked whether he had been unfair to Pogba Souness replied bluntly: “Not for a nanosecond, no. (16 words)
The advent of sub-nanosecond timing resolution detectors affords better random coincidence rejection, thus favoring 3D image reconstruction. (18 words)
A black hole with the mass of a car would have a diameter of about 10 −24 m and take a nanosecond to evaporate, during which time it would briefly have a luminosity of more than 200 times that of the Sun. (42 words)
SI prefixes are combined with the word second to denote subdivisions of the second, e.g., the millisecond (one thousandth of a second), the microsecond (one millionth of a second), and the nanosecond (one billionth of a second). (38 words)
Waiting 23 days after President Donald Trump’s Aug. 8 announcement to apply for funds proves this administration is as slow as a battleship turning in the ocean in a nanosecond, 24-hour news cycle world. (36 words)
Example sentences (16)
During the first half of a nanosecond we would expect 50 electrons to arrive at point B on the average, but in a particular half nanosecond there might well be 60 electrons which arrive there.
For instance, a microwave circuit operates on time scales of less than a nanosecond and if we were to have a current of 16 nanoamperes that would amount to only 100 electrons passing every nanosecond.
Among these tools, the Very High Frequency Lightning Interferometer stands out as a significant method in lightning research, capable of tracking lightning discharges with nanosecond precision and providing key data on lightning paths and mechanisms.
I don't believe it for a nanosecond, but even if he weren't, he certainly could have nixed the firing.
Asked whether he had been unfair to Pogba Souness replied bluntly: “Not for a nanosecond, no.
Waiting 23 days after President Donald Trump’s Aug. 8 announcement to apply for funds proves this administration is as slow as a battleship turning in the ocean in a nanosecond, 24-hour news cycle world.
Quick as a flash he asked all those present who thought England would win this Saturday to raise their hand, before – shock, horror – declaring the poll closed a nanosecond later.
The legend grows by the nanosecond.
A black hole with the mass of a car would have a diameter of about 10 −24 m and take a nanosecond to evaporate, during which time it would briefly have a luminosity of more than 200 times that of the Sun.
Short nanosecond bursts of X-rays peaking at 15-keV in energy may be reliably produced by peeling pressure-sensitive adhesive tape from its backing in a moderate vacuum.
SI prefixes are combined with the word second to denote subdivisions of the second, e.g., the millisecond (one thousandth of a second), the microsecond (one millionth of a second), and the nanosecond (one billionth of a second).
Take the previous example in which an average of 100 electrons go from point A to point B every nanosecond.
The advent of sub-nanosecond timing resolution detectors affords better random coincidence rejection, thus favoring 3D image reconstruction.
There is also at least one case where the term nanokernel is used to refer not to a small kernel, but one that supports a nanosecond clock resolution.
The relevant unit of measurement is typically nanosecond for primary storage, millisecond for secondary storage, and second for tertiary storage.
This will create a more negative electric charge at point B than average, and that extra charge will tend to repel the further flow of electrons from leaving point A during the remaining half nanosecond.
Common combinations with nanosecond
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: