millisecond

Example Sentences

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“But that power only lasts for 20 milliseconds,” adding that this explosion has lasted years.

From New York Times

His sense of timing is impeccable; he knows down to the millisecond how long to wait for the singer’s breath, for the culmination of the high note, and when to press forward.

From Seattle Times

While these tangles take minutes to form, intertwined blackworms can wriggle free in a matter of milliseconds.

From Scientific American

“The advantage of being bilingual doesn’t really lie on these milliseconds of advantage that one can have in a cognitive task,” she said.

From New York Times

"If it's a precise welding machine and it needs to move exactly this much, that has to happen within a microsecond or a millisecond, and you can't do that in a best effort way."

From Reuters