noun
- plural of picosecond; units of time equal to one trillionth of a second
Usage: scientific; technical
Examples
- The laser pulse lasted only a few picoseconds.
- Computer processors can execute operations in picoseconds.
- The reaction time was measured in picoseconds.
- Modern electronics operate on picosecond timescales.
- The experiment required precision timing down to picoseconds.
- Light travels about 0.3 millimeters in one of these picoseconds.