millisecond
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əˌsɛk noun
one thousandth of a second. Abbreviation: msec
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| ms one thousandth of a second | |
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Millisecond
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millisecond mil·li·sec·ond (mĭl'ĭ-sěk'ənd)
n.
Abbr. ms, msec One thousandth (10-3) of a second.
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millisecond definition
unit(ms) One thousandth of a second, one thousand microseconds. A long time for a modern computer.
(1995-08-18)
Example sentences
He had a hunch that if he plotted the action around a stock sequentially at the millisecond range, he'd find something.
It was a millisecond response delay that forced long-distance users off geosynchronous satellites and onto undersea cable.
First, astronomers need well-characterised millisecond pulsars to observe.
Instruction cycle time was in the millisecond range.
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