picosecond en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpiː.kəʊˌsɛk.ənd/ (UK)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *bekkos Gaulish *bekkosbor.? Latin beccus Old Spanish bico Spanish picobor. English pico- Old French secondebor. Middle English secunde English second English picosecond From pico- (“metric prefix”) + second.
Meanings
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An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹² seconds. Symbol: ps
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond
sprunker: "ok ill delay the update by 67 years, 67 months, 67 days, 67 hours, 67 seconds, 67 deciseconds, 67 centiseconds, 67 milliseconds, 67 microseconds, 67 nanoseconds, 67 picoseconds, 67 femtoseconds, 67 attoseconds, 67 zeptoseconds, 67 yoctoseconds, 67 rontoseconds, 67 quectoseconds, and 67... plank ^([sic]) time????".
2025 October 7, baldigaming285, somesillysprunker, “can we all laugh at this guy”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2026:Hxh son all day any week and any hour any minute any second, any millisecond, any microsecond, any nanosecond any picosecond any femtosecond, any attosecond, any zeptosecond, any yoctosecond, any rontosecond, any quectosecond
2025 May 23, King Chimera (chimera_4212), X:Holonyms: nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| picoseconds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
nl picoseconde (10−12 second) · el πικοδευτερόλεπτο (10−12 second) · de Picosekunde (10−12 second) · cmn 微微秒 (10−12 second) · hu pikoszekundum (10−12 second) · ms pikosaat (10−12 second) · fi pikosekunti (10−12 second) · sv pikosekund (10−12 second) · cmn 皮秒 (10−12 second) · uk пікосекунда (10−12 second) · cs pikosekunda (10−12 second)