[1965–70; pico- + second2]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Coriolis effect, Finlandization, T cell, overdub, wraparound
Examples of 'picosecond' in a sentence
picosecond
The new 'picosecond' technology takes half the time and achieves better results.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Each still picture had an effective shutter speed of 1.7 picoseconds — a picosecond is a trillionth of a second.