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Quectosecond

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004628

A unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one nonillionth, or 10⁻³⁰, of a second. This unit is formed by combining the prefix 'quecto' with the base unit 'second'. The prefix was officially adopted by the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures in 2022 to describe extremely small timescales in fields like quantum physics.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004628
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMetrology and inspection
TranslationsGerman: Quektosekunde; Spanish: quectosegundo; French: quectoseconde
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004628",
  "term": "Quectosecond",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one nonillionth, or 10⁻³⁰, of a second. This unit is formed by combining the prefix 'quecto' with the base unit 'second'. The prefix was officially adopted by the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures in 2022 to describe extremely small timescales in fields like quantum physics.",
  "subject": "Metrology and inspection",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Quektosekunde",
    "es": "quectosegundo",
    "fr": "quectoseconde"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/quectosecond/"
}

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