noun
- one trillionth of a second
Usage: scientific; technical
Examples
- The laser pulse lasted only a few picoseconds.
- Modern computers can perform operations in picoseconds.
- The chemical reaction occurred within picoseconds of mixing.
- Scientists measured the event to the nearest picosecond.
- The data transfer took 50 picoseconds to complete.
- Atomic processes often happen on a picosecond timescale.