Definitions
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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 001seconds and with symbolfs .
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- noun one quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond
Etymologies
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Examples
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One femtosecond is 10-15 seconds, that is, 0.000000000000001 seconds, which is to a second as a second is to 32 million years.
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The laser, called a femtosecond laser, produces pulses lasting only a few quadrillionths of a second—a femtosecond is to a second what a second is to about 32 million years.
Scientists Create Metal That Pumps Liquid Uphill | Impact Lab 2009
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The key to creating this super-filament is an ultrabrief, ultraintense beam of light called a femtosecond laser pulse.
Latest Articles Space War 2010
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The key to creating this super-filament is an ultrabrief, ultraintense beam of light called a femtosecond laser pulse.
Latest Articles Space War 2010
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The key to creating the black metal in terahertz is a beam of ultra-brief, ultra-intense laser pulses called femtosecond laser pulses.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The key to creating the black metal in terahertz is a beam of ultra-brief, ultra-intense laser pulses called femtosecond laser pulses.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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Scientists at the University of Rochester are using an "ultra-intense beam of light called the femtosecond laser pulse" to create "nano - and micro-scale structures on the surface of a regular tungsten filament" of an incandescent light bulb.
Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us 2009
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The key to creating the super-filament is an ultra-brief, ultra-intense beam of light called a femtosecond laser pulse.
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The laser, called a femtosecond laser, produces pulses lasting only a few quadrillionths of a second-a femtosecond is to a second what a second is to about 32 million years.
R&D Mag - News 2009
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The key to creating the super-filament is an ultra-brief, ultra-intense beam of light called a femtosecond laser pulse.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
reesetee commented on the word femtosecond
One quadrillionth of a second.
February 2, 2007
whichbe commented on the word femtosecond
0,000 000 000 000 001 of a second ("fs").
May 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word femtosecond
*yawn*
May 17, 2008