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millisecond
[ mil-uh-sek-uhnd ]
millisecond
/ ˈmɪlɪˌsɛkənd /
noun
- one thousandth of a second ms
Word History and Origins
Origin of millisecond1
Example Sentences
They learned that human noses are much faster than previously believed, distinguishing between different odors in an interval as short as 60 milliseconds on average.
As it always is in sports where you have teams competing for milliseconds over each other.
“I really feel like that one millisecond completely just changed my whole life and changed who I was as a person. Changed the sparkle I had and the light that I used to carry.”
"We all take around 200 milliseconds between turns and show some interesting small cultural variations. Some cultures are ‘fast talkers’."
So the AI warns pilots of situations likely to end in their jet being shot down and it takes that decision in milliseconds.
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