billionths

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Billionths is the plural of billionth—the ordinal form of billion.

A billionth is one part when something is divided into a billion equal pieces: measured in billionths of a second.

In scientific notation, billionths appear in measurements of nanoseconds, nanometers, and other nano-scale quantities.

fraction

numerator

Number being divided

exponent · notation · digits · zeroes · ratio · proportion · thousandths · trillionths · fractional · infinitesimal

measurement

nanometer

Metric unit, billion-fold smaller

picosecond · femtosecond · nanogram · microgram · calibration · tolerance · resolution · precision · accuracy · metrology

scale

nanoscale

Billionth-meter dimension

molecular · quantum · nanotechnology · nanoparticles · nanofibers · electrons · photons · quarks · DNA · viruses

smallness

minuscule

Extremely small in size

  • tinyExtremely small in size
  • minuteSixtieth of an hour
  • speckMinute visible particle

trace · particle · smidgen · iota · whit · tittle · sliver · fragment · negligible · imperceptible

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Opposites
magnitude/scale of fractional parts

billionthswholes

Complete unified amounts

halves · tenths · thirds · quarters · hundredths

whole vs. fractional

billionthswholes

Complete unified amounts

units · billions · integers · whole numbers · entireties

Family

billionth

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