Etymology

gigasecond

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Today it means: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁹ seconds. Symbol: Gs. (= 31.7098 years) Full definition →

English second ← Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)
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  1. Ancient GreekΓίγας (Gígas)
  2. Ancient Greekγίγας (gígas)
  3. Englishgiga-
  4. Englishsecond
  5. English todaygigasecond

From giga- + second.

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