"beard-second" meaning in English

See beard-second in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: beard-seconds [plural]
Etymology: From beard + second. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|beard|second}} beard + second Head templates: {{en-noun}} beard-second (plural beard-seconds)
  1. (humorous) A unit of length about the distance beard hair grows in one second: defined as five nanometers, or 10 nm according to some. Tags: humorous Categories (topical): Hair, Time, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-beard-second-en-noun-pfbI0GKK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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