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femtosecond

/fɛmˈtoʊsɛnd/ noun · British & US
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What does femtosecond mean?

noun

A unit of time equal to one quadrillionth of a second, used in physics to measure extremely short time intervals.

Example

"The scientists used a femtosecond laser to study the behavior of molecules in a chemical reaction."

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