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

In addition, the chip performs key computations in less than half a nanosecond.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 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

It was times like this when I let my guard down for something like half a nanosecond, that Mom had a habit of strolling into my brain.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff