Usually means: One billionth of a second.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word nanosecond:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. nanosecond: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nanosecond: Merriam-Webster
  3. nanosecond: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nanosecond: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nanosecond: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nanosecond: Vocabulary.com
  7. nanosecond: Wordnik
  8. nanosecond: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nanosecond: Wiktionary
  10. nanosecond: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nanosecond: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nanosecond: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. nanosecond: Dictionary.com
  14. nanosecond: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Nanosecond: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. nanosecond: Rhymezone
  17. nanosecond: FreeDictionary.org
  18. nanosecond: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. nanosecond: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Broadcast Media Terms (No longer online)

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. nanosecond: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. nanosecond: Netlingo
  3. nanosecond: CCI Computer
  4. Webopedia (No longer online)
  5. nanosecond: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. nanosecond: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. nanosecond: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nanosecond: Extragalactic Astronomy
  2. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nanosecond: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  2. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

(Note: See nanoseconds as well.)

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noun:  (metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁹ seconds. Symbol: ns

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