Home › Words › A › attopulseattopulseattopulse means an attosecond pulse.EtymologyFrom atto- + pulse.nounAn attosecond pulseDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.attoclock 73% match — A device that can measure time intervals of the order of attoseconds vs attopulse →attophysics 68% match — The branch of physics concerned with dynamic processes that take place with a time resolution of the order of attoseconds vs attopulse →bioplasma 62% match — A short laser pulse of biological origin vs attopulse →micropulse 60% match — A very small, or very short pulse vs attopulse →subpulse 60% match — A subsidiary pulse vs attopulse →subpicosecond 59% match — Describing durations shorter than a picosecond vs attopulse →attosecond 58% match — An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹⁸ seconds. Symbol: as vs attopulse →afterpulse 58% match — A pulse (of energy) that follows some other event vs attopulse →