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attosecond

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10 lettersPart of speech nounSorted acdenoosttStarts with AEnds with D0 clues
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Definitions

  1. one quintillionth (10^-18) of a second; one thousandth of a femtosecond

Word origin

From atto- + second.

Used in a sentence

  • Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond
  • I can think at the speed of light, I can perceive events that last for less than an attosecond, I can run faster than time. What do I see when I run across the country, Superman? I see everything. And everyone.
  • 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.

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