beard-second

English

noun
Definitions
  • (humorous) A unit of length about the distance beard hair grows in one second: defined as five nanometers, or 10 nm according to some.

Etymology

Compound from English beard + English second (2nd).

Origin

English

second

Gloss

2nd

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