Meanings
plural deciseconds
- metrologyAn SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹ seconds. Symbol: ds
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond
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Holonyms: second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
sprunker: "ok ill delay the update by 67 years, 67 months, 67 days, 67 hours, 67 seconds, 67 deciseconds, 67 centiseconds, 67 milliseconds, 67 microseconds, 67 nanoseconds, 67 picoseconds, 67 femtoseconds, 67 attoseconds, 67 zeptoseconds, 67 yoctoseconds, 67 rontoseconds, 67 quectoseconds, and 67... plank ^([sic]) time????".
2025 October 7, baldigaming285, somesillysprunker, “can we all laugh at this guy”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2026
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian децисекунда
- децисекунда (decisekunda)a unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds
Catalan decisegon
- decisegona unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds
Dutch deciseconde
- decisecondea unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds
French déciseconde
- décisecondea unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds
Hungarian deciszekundum, tizedmásodperc
- deciszekunduma unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds
- tizedmásodperca unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds
Malay desisaat
- desisaata unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds
Polish decysekunda
- decysekundaa unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds
Portuguese decisegundo
- decisegundoa unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds
Slovak decisekunda
- decisekundaa unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds
Spanish decisegundo
- decisegundoa unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds
Swedish decisekund
- decisekunda unit of time equal to 10−1 seconds
Cite this entry
decisecond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decisecond
“decisecond.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decisecond. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decisecond,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decisecond.
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