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millisecond

[mil-uh-sek-uhnd] / ˈmɪl əˌsɛk ənd /


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The problem happened "in the space of a millisecond", Nats said, leading to the system producing corrupted data.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Attorneys on both sides played and replayed the footage over and over, sometimes slowed down to the millisecond in order to show how Jones and his colleagues had approached the incident.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 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

A millisecond later, I was standing inside a vintage 1980s phone booth located inside an old Greyhound bus station.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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