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terasecond

noun

Etymology

From tera- + second.

  1. derived from *sekʷ-✻
  2. derived from secundus
  3. derived from second
  4. inherited from secunde
  5. prefixed as terasecond — “tera + second”

Definitions

  1. An SI unit of time equal to 10¹² seconds. Symbol

    An SI unit of time equal to 10¹² seconds. Symbol: Ts. (= 31709.8 years)

    • Holonyms: mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
    • The solar system has been in existence for about 150000 teraseconds and may well remain in existence without major change for 500000 additional teraseconds.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for terasecond. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA