millisecond
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of millisecond
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Nats said in a report last week that the software glitch happened "in the space of a millisecond" leading to the system producing corrupted data.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Now, 200 data points are captured by sensors on the production-line machines every millisecond, and the data is processed inside the factory on a Siemens Industrial Edge Device platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"I would say they were a millisecond, like the fastest a camera shutter can open and close," added Wiseman, who said the flashes were "white to bluish white."
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
“As a user,” Krug argues, “I should never have to devote a millisecond of thought to whether things are clickable—or not.”
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2026
The millisecond that passed while I waited for Marcus to come on the line felt like a million years.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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