WORD MEANING
Picosecond meaning
PIE-ko-sek-und · noun
A picosecond is one trillionth (10⁻¹²) of a second, a unit of time used to measure extremely short durations.
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A term used in physics and chemistry to describe ultrafast processes.
Sometimes used in computing to describe very high-speed operations.
Picosecond is primarily a scientific unit of time but may appear in technical contexts related to speed or timing.
Examples
The laser pulse lasted only a few picoseconds.
Scientists measure atomic events in picoseconds to understand reaction dynamics.