Seconds

January 12, 2026 note-to-self

So:

  • 1 second (s) = 1,000 milliseconds (ms)
  • 1 second (s) = = 1,000,000 microseconds (μs)

But, I want to work these into my day-to-day more "Sure, but give me a hectosecond." "He ran that race in a decasecond." That 80-year-old is two and a half gigaseconds old."

  • decasecond (das) = 10 seconds
  • hectosecond (hs) = 100 seconds
  • kilosecond (ks) = 1,000 seconds
  • megasecond (Ms) = 1,000,000 seconds
  • gigasecond (Gs) = 1,000,000,000 seconds
  • terasecond (Ts) = 1,000,000,000,000 seconds
  • petasecond (Ps) = 1,000,000,000,000,000 seconds
  • exasecond (Es) = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds
Most posts are for my own reference and reflection, and shouldn’t be taken as fully accurate or instructional.