Definitions

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  • noun A unit of time equal to 1,000,000,000 seconds and with symbol Gs.

Etymologies

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giga- + second

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Examples

  • For a moment, Amber looks ancient, far older than her subjective gigasecond of age.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • Welcome to decade the eighth, singularity plus one gigasecond (or maybe more -- nobody's quite sure when, or indeed _if, _ a singularity has been created).

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

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