Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

terasecond

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: terasec-ond
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"Holonyms: mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond"
"Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium"
"The solar system has been in existence for about 150000 teraseconds and may well remain in existence without major change for 500000 additional teraseconds."

Etymology

From tera- + second.

Inflected Forms

teraseconds (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mul:Ts

Questions

What does terasecond mean?: An SI unit of time equal to 10¹² seconds. Symbol: Ts. (= 31709.8 years)
Where does terasecond come from?: From tera- + second.

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