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
“I’m trying. Can you two forget about the bubbling purple goop for a nanosecond? I’m trying to reveal our big family secret!”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
