nanoseconds

plural of nanosecond

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Recent Examples of nanoseconds Bunches from the two beams will collide every 10 nanoseconds in ePIC (the Electron-Proton/Ion Collider Detector), a house-sized system that will record the aftermath of these collisions. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 Such as approach had its own speed limits – at the slowest, nanoseconds (billionths) and at the fastest, picoseconds (trillionths). New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026 Xona expects its satellites to eventually deliver a timing reference accurate to within 10 nanoseconds. Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026 The criticism died down only after shaving off nanoseconds became widespread, making the strategy less profitable. Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Atom Power’s digital breaker eliminates this risk, by cutting the power in nanoseconds or microseconds. Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026 These shifting patterns subtly alter when the pulses arrive, introducing timing delays on the order of tens of nanoseconds, the statement says. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026 The kids got bored with it in nanoseconds, but word got out in the blue jay community that a peanut paradise had sprung up in our yard and to come on over! Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026 After running for 8 hours, the clock deviated only by 102 nanoseconds, approaching the standard of atomic clocks while both requiring less physical space and less power to run. Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nanoseconds
Noun
  • In the second quarter, the Dream’s first basket didn’t come until a little over three minutes into the period.
    Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Just 10 minutes from Lagos and 15 minutes from Portimão, Palmares strikes an ideal balance between accessibility and seclusion.
    Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • With 33 seconds left in Round 9, Itauma’s trainer Ben Davison threw in the towel, leaving Hrgović to celebrate making history.
    Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Minutes later the finalists will fight to stay on the back of 2,000-pound animals with names like Man Hater and Buck Nasty for eight excruciating seconds, and then dodge the bull's hooves and horns when they're tossed to the ground.
    Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Simpson was diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, a rare heart condition that can cause irregular heartbeats and sudden cardiac death in seemingly healthy individuals, per John Hopkins Medicine.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Everything in the body runs in vibratory cycles from heartbeats to brainwaves to sleep-wake cycles.
    Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • That may still be the case in the coming weeks, but the second episode of HBO’s Lanterns makes for a fairly solid (if simple and straightforward) follow-up with some wildly entertaining moments.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Shifting from summer’s swimwear, the brand’s new drop makes for statement-making moments with individual versatile pieces for the months ahead.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026

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“Nanoseconds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nanoseconds. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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