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奈秒

Mandarin · pinyin nài miǎo

nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (Tw)
PRC equivalent: 納秒 nà miǎo

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奈: nài · but, how; bear, stand, endure
秒: miǎo · beard of grain or corn; a second

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4–3 · nai4 miao3

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