haji n.— «It’s SO hot that if I wash my clothes in the Haji washing machine (that’s shorthand for anything bought locally, and by the way, “Haji,” Lloyd tells me, is not a pejorative term since it means “wise man.”...
femtosecond n. 10 to the -15th power or 0.000000000000001 second, equalling a quadrillionth of a second or 0.3 light microns. Editorial Note: Commonly used in measurement of light in laser or light-related technologies. Etymological Note: Danish or...