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- noun Plural form of
billionth .
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The nano-battery approach seeks to replace these particles with particles measured in billionths of a meter, which would enhance power storage and production because the lithium ions would have less distance to travel as they diffuse.
Boing Boing: October 13, 2002 - October 19, 2002 Archives 2002
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Slide 74: (a) Equity Share Units - proportional (\% age) "n'ths" such as billionths .....
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Researchers have found a way to generate the shortest-ever flash of light – 80 attoseconds (billionths of a billionth of a second) long.
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For example, Mr. Read said shipments of the chips that had been in short supply from Globalfoundries—having circuitry measured at 32 nanometers, or billionths of a meter—increased by more than 80% from the third quarter and now represent a full third of the company's microprocessor shipments.
AMD Posts Loss After Write-Downs, Says Sales Will Decline This Quarter Shara Tibken 2012
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Every day, the temperature of Sol's surface increases by five billionths of a degree, a change of no consequence for thousands of millennia to come.
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To an atom, the duration of a single second on a sprinter's clock is seemingly endless, for an electron's movements are measured in billionths of a second.
Kevin Bermeister: God's Time, Science's Ideal Kevin Bermeister 2011
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AMD last month said lower yields—or the number of working chips on a wafer—and other manufacturing issues with 32 nanometer, or billionths of a meter, chips at Globalfoundries have limited supply of its "Llano" chip for mainstream computers.
AMD Swings to Profit, Citing Notebook Chip Demand Shara Tibken 2011
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The company expects to soon begin selling chips with circuitry measured at 22 nanometers, or billionths of a meter, and the new spending is designed to support the next jump in miniaturization, to 14 nanometers.
Intel Feels Less Pain Than Expected From Floods Don Clark 2012
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The companies said Thursday they are now providing samples of NAND flash at 20 nanometers, or billionths of a meter, to customers.
Intel, Micron Tout Flash Memory Advance Shara Tibken 2011
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To an atom, the duration of a single second on a sprinter's clock is seemingly endless, for an electron's movements are measured in billionths of a second.
Kevin Bermeister: God's Time, Science's Ideal Kevin Bermeister 2011
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