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picosecondOne trillionth of a second. Pronounced "pee-co-second." See space/time and ohnosecond. picosecond [‚pē·kō′sek·ənd] (mechanics) A unit of time equal to 10-12second, or one-millionth of a microsecond. Abbreviated ps; psec.
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| 163) states that the early universe expanded "from subatomic scales to the size of a grapefruit in less than a trillionth of a second" or one picosecond. Called the Agilent N1020A Options K12 and K13, the fixture delivers measurement bandwidth beyond 6GHz, with rise times well below 100 picoseconds (ps), which supports the margins required by HDMI Authorized Testing Centers. Dowling says that synchronizing clocks in GPS satellites to within a picosecond might make it possible to locate objects at the Earth's surface within millimeters. |
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