nanosecond

SI unit of time equal to one billionth of a second or 1/1,000th of a microsecond
Intangible unit_of_time Q838801
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nanosecond

Summary

nanosecond is an unit of time[1]. nanosecond draws 201 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_time category, ranking #28 of 82).[2]

Key Facts

  • nanosecond's instance of is recorded as unit of time[3].
  • nanosecond's instance of is recorded as SI derived unit[4].
  • nanosecond's measured physical quantity is recorded as duration[5].
  • nanosecond's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08_86[6].
  • nanosecond's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 380693[7].
  • nanosecond's different from is recorded as light-foot[8].
  • nanosecond's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+0.000000001'}[9].
  • nanosecond's QUDT unit ID is recorded as NanoSEC[10].
  • nanosecond's wurvoc.org measure ID is recorded as nanosecond-time[11].
  • nanosecond's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as wd:Q838801 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[12].
  • nanosecond's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as nanosekund[13].
  • nanosecond's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ns'}[14].
  • nanosecond's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'нс'}[15].
  • nanosecond's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'ns'}[16].
  • nanosecond's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 51141536[17].
  • nanosecond's UN/CEFACT Common Code is recorded as C47[18].
  • nanosecond's Wolfram Language unit code is recorded as "Nanoseconds"[19].
  • nanosecond's UCUM code is recorded as ns[20].
  • nanosecond's Ontology of units of Measure 2.0 unit ID is recorded as nanosecond-Time[21].
  • nanosecond's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C51141536[22].
  • nanosecond's QUDT dimension ID is recorded as A0E0L0I0M0H0T1D0[23].

Why It Matters

nanosecond draws 201 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_time category, ranking #28 of 82).[2] nanosecond has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] nanosecond is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Logopedia. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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