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millisecond::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | msec |
| Type of | time unit, unit of time |
Examples of millisecond
millisecond
A share can be bought and sold in under a millisecond on the NASDAQ for example.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Samsung SATA II SSD can resist up to 1500 Gs of shock in a half millisecond.
From the foxbusiness.com
It might lead to a better understanding of how millisecond pulsars form, he says.
From the newscientist.com
Fermi has also found the first millisecond pulsars known to produce gamma rays.
From the newscientist.com
The power transmission has to be continually adjusted at millisecond intervals.
From the businessweek.com
There's 18-millisecond latency to London and 15-millisecond latency to Denmark.
From the forbes.com
It's about software that makes decisions within a millisecond of what ad to serve.
From the businessweek.com
She hurriedly agreed and within a millisecond we shook hands and the hay was gold.
From the dailyherald.com
The hunt for an X-ray millisecond pulsar has proved puzzlingly slow and drawn-out.
From the economist.com
- One thousandth (10^-3) of a second
- (milliseconds) Use to measure time intervals accurately. Subtract two values returned by milliseconds at different times to find the number of ms (1000ths of a second) elapsed in between. A single value is useless (the computer's uptime or any random value).
- The unit of measurement of short delay intervals, equal to 1/1000 of a second.
- A unit of time equivalent to 0.001 seconds.
