nanosecond

nan·o·sec·ond  (nn-sknd)

n. Abbr. ns or nsec

One billionth (10^-9) of a second.

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nanosecond  (nn-sknd)

One billionth (10^-9) of a second.

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nanosecond - one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond time unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods picosecond - one trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond microsecond - one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond