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microsecond

[mahy-kruh-sek-uh nd]
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noun
  1. a unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. Symbol: μsec

Origin of microsecond

First recorded in 1905–10; micro- + second2
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Related Words for microsecond

millisecond, nanosecond, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, moment, twinkling, microsecond

Examples from the Web for microsecond

Contemporary Examples of microsecond

Historical Examples of microsecond

  • Microsecond by slow microsecond the Vangs grew and grew and grew.

    Masters of Space

    Edward Elmer Smith

  • No chart can keep up to the microsecond on these asteroid movements.

    Eight Keys to Eden

    Mark Irvin Clifton

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

    The Variable Man

    Philip K. Dick

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

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

    Talents, Incorporated

    William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for microsecond

microsecond

noun
  1. one millionth of a secondSymbol: μs
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Word Origin and History for microsecond
n.

1906, from micro- + second (n.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
microsecond in Science

microsecond

[mī′krō-sĕk′ənd]
  1. A unit of time equal to one millionth (10-6) of a second.
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