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Femtosecond

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-002233

A unit of time equal to one quadrillionth of a second, or 10⁻¹⁵ seconds. This extremely short duration is used to measure phenomena occurring on an atomic or molecular timescale, such as the speed of chemical reactions or the propagation of light pulses. A femtosecond (fs) relates to a second as a second relates to approximately 31.71 million years.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-002233
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMetrology and inspection
TranslationsGerman: Femtosekunde; Spanish: femtosegundo; French: femtoseconde
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-002233",
  "term": "Femtosecond",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A unit of time equal to one quadrillionth of a second, or 10⁻¹⁵ seconds. This extremely short duration is used to measure phenomena occurring on an atomic or molecular timescale, such as the speed of chemical reactions or the propagation of light pulses. A femtosecond (fs) relates to a second as a second relates to approximately 31.71 million years.",
  "subject": "Metrology and inspection",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Femtosekunde",
    "es": "femtosegundo",
    "fr": "femtoseconde"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/femtosecond/"
}

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