nanosecond

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily

Though our space-based telescopes can see the first nanoseconds of the universe and have found exoplanets seemingly everywhere, we have yet to detect anything we recognize as life beyond our planet.

From Washington Post

I said, ‘Shoot this scene so that without a nanosecond of hesitation, I whack him right back across the face with a backhand slap.’

From Washington Post

The size, the speed, the coordination, the power — not to mention a computer-chip brain that can analyze every potential scenario on the basketball court in a nanosecond.

From Seattle Times

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