Femtosecond
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noun.
One quadrillionth (10
−15
) of a second.
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noun.
A unit of
time
equal to 0.000 000 000 000 001
seconds
and with symbol
fs
.
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noun.
one quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond
Word Usage
"One femtosecond is 10-15 seconds, that is, 0.000000000000001 seconds, which is to a second as a second is to 32 million years."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
time unit
unit of time
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