microsecond
a unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. Symbol: μsec
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How to use microsecond in a sentence
Still, this is a monitor for players who are willing to give up some visual fidelity and screen real estate for an extra microsecond against an opponent, so HDR is really just icing on the cake.
The best cheap gaming monitors play above their price | Eric Frederiksen | December 7, 2021 | Popular-ScienceLeft out in the open, the plasma would dissipate within tens of microseconds.
Seemingly a microsecond later, the word came down that the NFL was suspending him indefinitely.
How Could the NFL Not Know About the Brutal Second Ray Rice Tape? | Robert Silverman | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese over-sized, super powered, high-tech spark plugs deliver an intense electric pulse that is precise down to the microsecond.
‘Nuke Mom’ Marisa Sketo Kirsh on Her Vindication | Michael Daly | December 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf combustion occurs within a battery, says Boeing, it would be snuffed out in a microsecond for lack of oxygen.
The Dreamliner Will Fly Again, But Is Boeing Still Blowing Smoke? | Clive Irving | March 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Then he triggered a single one-microsecond pulse into the additional ten turns of winding.
Where I Wasn't Going | Walt RichmondIt uses the computed relationship to alter the power flowing through in the next microsecond to get the same gravity.
Accidental Flight | Floyd L. WallaceIcarus will be within the star only a matter of a microsecond.
The Variable Man | Philip K. DickWithin its certain, limited timing-capacity, it could establish or break a contact within the thousandth of a microsecond.
Talents, Incorporated | William Fitzgerald JenkinsForce of a hydrogen bomb—forty thousand innocent people gone in a microsecond.
--And Devious the Line of Duty | Tom Godwin
British Dictionary definitions for microsecond
/ (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌsɛkənd) /
one millionth of a second: Symbol: μs
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Scientific definitions for microsecond
[ mī′krō-sĕk′ənd ]
A unit of time equal to one millionth (10-6) of a second.
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