Synonyms of nanoseconds

nanoseconds

noun

plural of nanosecond

as in minutes

a very small space of time

a nanosecond was about all that it took her to accept his marriage proposal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• minutes
• seconds
• heartbeats
• moments
• instants
• microseconds
• split seconds
• eyeblinks
• twinkles
• winks
• trices
• shakes
• twinklings
• flashes
• jiffies
• jiffs
• beats
• New York minutes
• snatches
• spurts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ages
• aeons
• eternities
• lifetimes
• infinities
• forevers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nanoseconds

Researchers at Suzhou University of Science and Technology in China have developed a flexible array of 100 artificial electronic synapses that can switch electrical states in just 26 nanoseconds and be chemically broken down within six minutes. — New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026

Photons remain inside the resonator for nearly 100 nanoseconds, allowing light to circulate repeatedly. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

China is only six months behind—or four, or nine, or perhaps mere nanoseconds. — Chang Che, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026

Instead, the past week has been spent relitigating the final nanoseconds of the Wolverines’ 13-12 victory against Western Michigan. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Xona expects its satellites to eventually deliver a timing reference accurate to within 10 nanoseconds. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 16 July 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