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How to pronounce microsecond in English?

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Type of time unit, unit of time

Examples of microsecond

microsecond
A typical red indicator LED will achieve full brightness in under a microsecond.
From the en.wikipedia.org
My own guess is that he would dismiss such a change of course in a microsecond.
From the forbes.com
For sub-microsecond precision, clients can obtain the time from satellite signals.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Photograph of the photosynthetic reaction taken with an 80-microsecond X-ray pulse.
From the sciencedaily.com
When touching an object this energy is discharged in less than a microsecond.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Alan started his hobby after building his own 20,000 volt microsecond flash in 2008.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He goes from drunken, unconscious stupor to full alertness in a microsecond.
From the guardian.co.uk
The shift of mass would lengthen days by 0.06 microsecond, scientists said.
From the edition.cnn.com
Some are exact while others have differences at the microsecond level.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • One millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond
  • The time it takes for your state-of-the-art computer to become obsolete.
  • Mainframe equivalent of an hour. ("They should have been home microseconds ago!") RB: 1
  • The microsecond (millionths of a second). This will in the range 0 to 999,999. Some platforms don't have a system clock which is this accurate. However, the SQL standard imposes this resolution on most date time values.
  • A unit of time equivalent to 0.000001 seconds.