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

Time is currently measured on Earth by hundreds of atomic clocks stationed around our planet which measure the changing energy state of atoms to record time to the nanosecond.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2024

My hand froze a nanosecond before turning the lock.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas