nanosecond

See also: nano-second

English

Etymology

The SI prefix nano- +‎ second

Noun

nanosecond (plural nanoseconds)

1. A measure of time equal to one billionth of a second. Abbreviation: ns

Pronunciation

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See also

• microsecond

Translations

measure of time

• Catalan: nanosegon m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 納秒／纳秒 (zh) (nàmiǎo), 纳秒 (zh) (nàmiǎo)

• Czech: nanosekunda f
• Danish: nanosekund
• Dutch: nanoseconde (nl)
• Estonian: nanosekund
• Finnish: nanosekunti (fi)
• French: nanoseconde (fr) f
• Galician: nanosegundo m
• German: Nanosekunde (de) f
• Hungarian: nanoszekundum
• Icelandic: nanósekúnda f
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• Italian: nanosecondo (it) m
• Japanese: ナノ秒 (nanobyō)
• Lithuanian: nanosekundė f
• Malay: nanosaat
• Polish: nanosekunda (pl) f
• Portuguese: nanossegundo (pt) m
• Romanian: nanosecundă (ro)
• Russian: наносеку́нда (ru) f (nanosekúnda)
• Slovak: nanosekunda f, nanosekunda f
• Spanish: nanosegundo (es) m
• Swedish: nanosekund c
• Telugu: నానోసెకను (nānōsekanu)
• Turkish: nanosaniye sg