millisecond
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌsɛkənd/
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milisegundo
- It took only a millisecond for the computer to process the command.
- 10 milliseconds
- hundred milliseconds
- few milliseconds
And if I go swimming, I can picture for half a millisecond.
- And if I go swimming, I can picture for half a millisecond.
- But in actuality, the computer saw your choice before it makes its choice, and it's in this window of milliseconds where you don't notice it.
- That way, scientists have been able to pin down the length of the day to a precision of a few milliseconds.
- And so your decision making of when you're going to hit that lip to catch air or to do a big turn, it all happens maybe a millisecond before you get there.
- So the millisecond a sperm gets into the egg, the eggs exterior hardens and doesn't allow other sperms to come in.
- And they can last anywhere from a few milliseconds to years, years, hours.
- And his job is to stay relaxed so he has an extra, you know, millisecond of options.
Examples
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And, and today, oh, right now, we're in the final millisecond of the last minute of the last day, December 31st.
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And in a millisecond I decided to stand my ground, so when the bomb went off, the camera was to my eye, and I caught the explosion in stop frames.
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Do you know that people make a first impression in a millisecond with their body language?
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And his job is to stay relaxed so he has an extra, you know, millisecond of options.
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"It takes 13 milliseconds for the human brain "to send a message to the body.
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The greatest energy transfer takes place during the first 10 milliseconds of exposure.
Academic text (1996) -
I wanted to stay forever, but every millisecond I stayed increased the possibility of disrupting the timeline.
Fiction book (1998) -
Compared to the accuracy of pulsar timing measurements, a millisecond is a huge amount of time.
Academic text (1995) -
And so your decision making of when you're going to hit that lip to catch air or to do a big turn, it all happens maybe a millisecond before you get there.
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This radioactive piece of Trinitite, therefore, is a tangible time stamp of the millisecond that we entered the nuclear age.
Synonyms
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3.9
One thousandth of a second
How Long
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2.5
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3.6
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4.5
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8.0
- Specialized
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9.7
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9.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word millisecond comes from the part milli-, from Latin mille which means 'thousand', and from second, the time unit. Think of it like millimeter for time: a millisecond is like cutting one second into 1000 tiny pieces, which is why it means 'one thousandth of a second'.