microsecond

[ mahy-kruh-sek-uhnd ]

noun

1. a unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. : μsec

microsecond

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌsɛkənd /

noun

1. one millionth of a second μs

microsecond

/ mī′krō-sĕk′ənd /

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of microsecond¹

First recorded in 1905–10; micro- + second ²

Example Sentences

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.

From Popular-Science

Left out in the open, the plasma would dissipate within tens of microseconds.

From Science News

Seemingly a microsecond later, the word came down that the NFL was suspending him indefinitely.

From The Daily Beast

These over-sized, super powered, high-tech spark plugs deliver an intense electric pulse that is precise down to the microsecond.

From The Daily Beast

If combustion occurs within a battery, says Boeing, it would be snuffed out in a microsecond for lack of oxygen.

From The Daily Beast

Then he triggered a single one-microsecond pulse into the additional ten turns of winding.

From Project Gutenberg

It uses the computed relationship to alter the power flowing through in the next microsecond to get the same gravity.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Within its certain, limited timing-capacity, it could establish or break a contact within the thousandth of a microsecond.

From Project Gutenberg

Force of a hydrogen bomb—forty thousand innocent people gone in a microsecond.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• blink of an eye
• millisecond
• nanosecond