millisecond
A millisecond is an extremely small unit of time.
It's hard to imagine, but think about it like this: when you watch your favorite TV show or movie on pause for a split second, that tiny moment is actually one thousandth of a second. That's what a millisecond is - just a fraction of a second. When we talk about computers and technology, milliseconds are often used to measure how long it takes for something to happen, like when you click on a button or load a webpage. So, if someone says that a computer task took 50 milliseconds, they're saying it happened in a tiny amount of time, almost instantly.
How common is "millisecond"?
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.
noun
(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻³ seconds. Symbol: ms
Example: Holonyms: centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
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