Nanosecond

Key Stage 4

Meaning

Nanoseconds (ns) are a unit of time 1,000,000,000 times smaller than the SI Unit; the Second.

About Microseconds

Nanoseconds are shortened to ns with a lower case n and an upper case s.

Nano means one billionth so there are 1,000,000,000 nanoseconds in a Second.

Converting to Nanoseconds

Unit	To convert	Nanoseconds
1 megasecond (1Ms)	Convert to nanoseconds x1015	1x1015ns
1 kilosecond (1ks)	Convert to nanoseconds x1012	1x1012ns
1 Second (1s)	Convert to nanoseconds x109	1x109ns
1 millisecond 1(ms)	Convert to nanoseconds x106	1x106ns
1 microsecond 1(µs)	Convert to nanoseconds x103	1x103ns
1 nanosecond 1(ns)	Convert to nanoseconds x1	1ns