cabinetman

There are many explanations for the measurement of time, and what may be the shortest measure.

One theory states the the shortest measured length of time was 10^-18 seconds.

Another talks about Planck Time.

And then there are words that I can hardly spell like:
attoseconds
yoctoseconds
exaseconds
zeptoseconds

But we can use any word for the length of time by using one of any words and just say "Well how about half of that?" That kind of discussion can go on for infinity, like half a picosecond, then half of that to some infinity power. It can get mind boggling.

So my question: Is there a simple word to describe the shortest length/period of time?

pianoman

One moment please

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Terry Beeson

No...

Like you said, to infinity... (and beyond!!!)

As a professional statistician for 25 years, the theory is that you can take any number times 10^n. The "n" will move the decimal place to the left or right as we succeed in either direction. Now, with that in mind, we can start by simply beginning with 1 x 10^-1 which of course = 0.1. So 1 x 10^-2 is equal to 0.01 and so on. If you just keep "adding" to the negative number (laymen's term of adding... it is actually subtracting since it is negative) you will have an infinite succession of zeros to the left of the decimal followed by a one.

Planck time, 1 x 10^-44 second, is considered the lowest, shortest, earliest "meaningful" measurement of time by theory. However, what if we take that time and split it another 10 times as 1 x 10^45 second? And so on and so forth...

So, my answer to your question is "no."

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Firemike

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