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  • abbreviation nanosecond

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  • noun metrology Symbol for the nanosecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10−9 seconds.

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  • Well, for those of you living in Mexico or contemplating moving down here, the answer to this innocuous, everyday question is, "yáll" don´t know how you´ns is doin´ unless you´ re religious about getting your blood, urine and stool tests periodically.

    How Y�ll Doin� ? 2007

  • To the exploration of the atomic nuclei was given a firm foundation in the early 1930's when it was found that the nuclei are built up by protons and neutrons and that the motion of these so-called nuclec ns is governed by the laws of quantum mechanics.

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 - Presentation Speech 1972

  • Literatura Española, trad. de Cortina y Mollinedo, nota S. [19] See an abstract of it in Mayans y Siscar, Orígines de la Lengua

    The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 William Hickling Prescott 1827

  • Jason ps Why does it feel even though we're all pretty spread out over a few hundred miles that I'm still sitting at the dinner table with you guys, and I'm still playing the role we all reach by the time dad is tired with his hands folded blinking at us with an empty glass of wine, Mom is looking down at her nails playing with her hands ignoring the whole conversation to avoid taking sides, Rachelle has her shoulders all tensed up and head slunk back saying “can we talk about something else” while sticking a fork in Darins arm, and Ryan is all bright eyed making fast movements with his head talking about how stupid we all are, and I'm banging on wine glasses making fart noises every now and then interjecting my own commentary?

    ideonexus.com »2007» februar 2007

  • Jason ps Why does it feel even though we're all pretty spread out over a few hundred miles that I'm still sitting at the dinner table with you guys, and I'm still playing the role we all reach by the time dad is tired with his hands folded blinking at us with an empty glass of wine, Mom is looking down at her nails playing with her hands ignoring the whole conversation to avoid taking sides, Rachelle has her shoulders all tensed up and head slunk back saying “can we talk about something else” while sticking a fork in Darins arm, and Ryan is all bright eyed making fast movements with his head talking about how stupid we all are, and I'm banging on wine glasses making fart noises every now and then interjecting my own commentary?

    ideonexus.com »2007» February 2007

  • Jason ps Why does it feel even though we're all pretty spread out over a few hundred miles that I'm still sitting at the dinner table with you guys, and I'm still playing the role we all reach by the time dad is tired with his hands folded blinking at us with an empty glass of wine, Mom is looking down at her nails playing with her hands ignoring the whole conversation to avoid taking sides, Rachelle has her shoulders all tensed up and head slunk back saying “can we talk about something else” while sticking a fork in Darins arm, and Ryan is all bright eyed making fast movements with his head talking about how stupid we all are, and I'm banging on wine glasses making fart noises every now and then interjecting my own commentary?

    ideonexus.com » 2007 »二月 2007

  • Jason ps Why does it feel even though we're all pretty spread out over a few hundred miles that I'm still sitting at the dinner table with you guys, and I'm still playing the role we all reach by the time dad is tired with his hands folded blinking at us with an empty glass of wine, Mom is looking down at her nails playing with her hands ignoring the whole conversation to avoid taking sides, Rachelle has her shoulders all tensed up and head slunk back saying “can we talk about something else” while sticking a fork in Darins arm, and Ryan is all bright eyed making fast movements with his head talking about how stupid we all are, and I'm banging on wine glasses making fart noises every now and then interjecting my own commentary?

    ideonexus.com »2007» tháng hai 2007

  • The Catholic Church committed no crimes again Mayans.

    Texas Faith: Should government practice social justice? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010

  • The Catholic Church committed no crimes again Mayans.

    Texas Faith: Should government practice social justice? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010

  • The total time for all the electronic and optical processes in the path of each photon, including the random generator, the electro-optic modulator, and the detector, is conservatively calculated to be smaller than 100 ns, which is much less than the 1.3 μs required for a light signal between the two stations.

    Bell's Theorem Shimony, Abner 2009

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  • Plural of the letter n.

    December 8, 2007