Etymology

subpicosecond

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Today it means: Describing durations shorter than a picosecond Full definition →

English picosecond ← Latin sub-
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  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishpicosecond
  5. English todaysubpicosecond

From sub- + picosecond.

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