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- noun One septillionth (10−24) of a second.
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- noun metrology An
SI unit of time equal to 10−24seconds .
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Maybe the 'inflation' that physicists postulate as occupying some fraction of the first yoctosecond of the universe's existence will turn out, when it is better understood, to be a cosmological crane to stand alongside Darwin's biological one.
The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006
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humblegod commented on the word yoctosecond
Unit of time equal to 0.000000000000000000001 seconds. Symbol 'ys.'
December 10, 2006
avivamagnolia commented on the word yoctosecond
~ Abbr. ys or ysec
~ One septillionth (10-24) of a second
January 18, 2009