noun.
A very short, unspecified length of time.
noun.
A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer; historically, and by convention, 0.01 seconds, but some operating systems use other values.
noun.
The time between alternating current power cycles (1/60 or 1/50 of a second)
noun.
The time taken for light to travel one centimetre in a vacuum (sometimes one foot, or sometimes the width of a nucleon)