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femtosecond

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹⁵ seconds. Symbol: fs

Equivalents

Españolfemtosegundo
Françaisfemtoseconde
3 more languages
Češtinafemtosekunda
Nederlandsfemtoseconde

Examples

“Holonyms: picosecond < 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”
“Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond”
“Sheldon Cooper: My hair is growing at the rate of 4.6 yoctometers per femtosecond.”
“The observation and manipulation of electron dynamics in matter⟳ call⟳ for attosecond light⟳ pulses, routinely available from high-order harmonic generation driven by few-femtosecond lasers.”
“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”
“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????".”

CEFR level

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