Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One millionth (10−6) of a second.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One millionth of a second: a unit employed in the measurement of exceedingly small intervals of time.
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- noun metrology An
SI unit of time equal to 10−6seconds . It is commonly represented with symbolµs .
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- noun one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond
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Examples
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Only a slight variation like a different hand placement for a microsecond might be the difference for any given scenario -- nothing more than that.
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Only a slight variation like a different hand placement for a microsecond might be the difference for any given scenario -- nothing more than that.
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A microsecond is a unit of time equal to one millionth (10-6) of a second.
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According to NASA, a complex computer model's preliminary calculation shows that Earth's days should have shortened by 1.26 microseconds (a microsecond is a one millionth of a second).
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A chip that stores light for a microsecond is a step towards optical computing
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A chip that stores light for a microsecond is a step towards optical computing
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A chip that stores light for a microsecond is a step towards optical computing
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A chip that stores light for a microsecond is a step towards optical computing
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Photocells capable of seeing things in a physical sense, advanced photography which can record what is seen or even what is not, thermionic tubes capable of controlling potent forces under the guidance of less power than a mosquito uses to vibrate his wings, cathode ray tubes rendering visible an occurrence so brief that by comparison a microsecond is a long time, relay combinations which will carry out involved sequences of movements more reliably than any human operator and thousands of times as fast — there are plenty of mechanical aids with which to effect a transformation in scientific records.
As We May Think 1969
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Photocells capable of seeing things in a physical sense, advanced photography which can record what is seen or even what is not, thermionic tubes capable of controlling potent forces under the guidance of less power than a mosquito uses to vibrate his wings, cathode ray tubes rendering visible an occurrence so brief that by comparison a microsecond is a long time, relay combinations which will carry out involved sequences of movements more reliably than any human operator and thousands of times as fast — there are plenty of mechanical aids with which to effect a transformation in scientific records.
As We May Think 1945
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0,000 001 millionth of a second (" µs")
May 17, 2008