millisecond

[ mil-uh-sek-uhnd ]

noun

1. one thousandth of a second. : msec

millisecond

/ ˈmɪlɪˌsɛkənd /

noun

1. one thousandth of a second ms

Word History and Origins

Origin of millisecond¹

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

Example Sentences

The art and science of identity has evolved with technological advances and the need to facilitate an incredibly complex series of decisions and actions to deliver the right content to the right person or persona – all in milliseconds.

From Search Engine Land

FRBs typically last a few milliseconds and are never seen again.

From Science News

His pitches seemed to dart in the millisecond between crossing the plate and reaching the catcher’s mitt.

From Washington Post

According to LeClair, “The best in class organizations can do all of this – from initial detection to data assembly, to making a decision, and delivering it – in less than 200 milliseconds”.

From Search Engine Land

In the example below, the savings in both milliseconds and bytes are far greater for Deferring Offscreen Images than Removing Unused CSS, so Deferring Offscreen Images will be a higher priority.

From Search Engine Land

Within a millisecond the shock shuttles through your body; grief consumes your soul.

From The Daily Beast

I have no idea what any of us were looking at that particular millisecond when the picture was taken.

From The Daily Beast

As expected, the two kissed for a millisecond and the crowd erupted in applause and cheers.

From The Daily Beast

To get all that stuff and 'port up here in the millisecond or so we had the screens open?

From Project Gutenberg

The telepaths were trained to become ultrasensitive, trained to become aware of the Dragons in less than a millisecond.

From Project Gutenberg

"Point six three eight seconds, sir," the Omans said, holding up a millisecond timer.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, fractions of a millisecond later, the Lady May was directly in line.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• blink of an eye
• nanosecond