half-second

noun

1/120 of a minute of time
(as modifier)a half-second lead over the Finn

a very short period of time; moment

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Words nearby half-second

half-round, half-round chisel, half-round file, half-ruined, half-seas over, half-second, half-section, half-serious, half-share, half-silvered, half-sister

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Example sentences from the Web for half-second

And then went on to thrust into that half-second of suspended fury, a faint breath of appeasing.
The Fortieth Door|Mary Hastings Bradley
I allowed a half-second of silence to obliterate their false pitch.
Memoirs of an American Prima Donna|Clara Louise Kellogg
For one half-second a light shadow crosses the Oxford boat, and then it is out into the sunlight beyond.
Ravenshoe|Henry Kingsley
And a half-second later an uptown train pulled in on their side.
The Crime of the French Caf and Other Stories|Nicholas Carter

A half-second too late Benton's magazine pistol ripped out in a frenzied series of spats.
The Lighted Match|Charles Neville Buck