microsecond

[ mahy-kruh-sek-uhnd ]
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noun
  1. a unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. Symbol: μsec

Origin of microsecond

1
First recorded in 1905–10; micro- + second2

Words Nearby microsecond

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How to use microsecond in a sentence

  • Icarus will be within the star only a matter of a microsecond.

    The Variable Man | Philip K. Dick
  • Within its certain, limited timing-capacity, it could establish or break a contact within the thousandth of a microsecond.

    Talents, Incorporated | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • Force of a hydrogen bomb—forty thousand innocent people gone in a microsecond.

British Dictionary definitions for microsecond

microsecond

/ (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌsɛkənd) /


noun
  1. one millionth of a second: Symbol: μs

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Scientific definitions for microsecond

microsecond

[ krō-sĕk′ənd ]


  1. A unit of time equal to one millionth (10-6) of a second.

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