Meanings
plural picoseconds
- metrologyAn SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹² seconds. Symbol: ps
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond
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Holonyms: nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < 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
Hxh son all day any week and any hour any minute any second, any millisecond, any microsecond, any nanosecond any picosecond any femtosecond, any attosecond, any zeptosecond, any yoctosecond, any rontosecond, any quectosecond
2025 May 23, King Chimera (chimera_4212), Xsprunker: "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
- Proto-Celtic*bekkos
- Gaulish*bekkosbor.?
- Latinbeccus
- Old Spanishbico
- Spanishpico
- Englishpico-
- Old Frenchseconde
- Middle Englishsecunde
- Englishsecond
- Englishpicosecond
From pico- (“metric prefix”) + second.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 皮秒, 微微秒
- 皮秒 (pímiǎo)10−12 second
- 微微秒 (wēiwēimiǎo)10−12 second
Czech pikosekunda
- pikosekunda10−12 second
Dutch picoseconde
- picoseconde10−12 second
Finnish pikosekunti
- pikosekunti10−12 second
German Picosekunde
- Picosekunde10−12 second
Greek πικοδευτερόλεπτο
- πικοδευτερόλεπτο (pikodefterólepto)10−12 second
Hungarian pikoszekundum
- pikoszekundum10−12 second
Malay pikosaat
- pikosaat10−12 second
Swedish pikosekund
- pikosekund10−12 second
Ukrainian пікосекунда
- пікосекунда (pikosekunda)10−12 second
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Cite this entry
picosecond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picosecond
“picosecond.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picosecond. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “picosecond,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picosecond.
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