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While the average difference between clocks on Mars and Earth is 477 microseconds per day, this can increase or decrease by as much as 226 microseconds depending where Mars is in its orbit relative to Earth and our moon.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 Dec. 2025
This allows robots to handle microsecond-level decisions – like stopping a robotic arm if a human steps into its path – without relying on centralized computing.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025
And if a hundred fish come out of the water, the AI snaps pictures of that hundred fish, identifies those fish, and puts that into the package in a microsecond.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
As Traders Magazine notes, even a 200-microsecond delay—caused simply by the physical distance between venues—can determine who executes first and who suffers slippage and adverse selection in fast-moving markets.
—Ashok Reddy, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 Dec. 2025
This allows robots to handle microsecond-level decisions – like stopping a robotic arm if a human steps into its path – without relying on centralized computing.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025
And if a hundred fish come out of the water, the AI snaps pictures of that hundred fish, identifies those fish, and puts that into the package in a microsecond.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
As Traders Magazine notes, even a 200-microsecond delay—caused simply by the physical distance between venues—can determine who executes first and who suffers slippage and adverse selection in fast-moving markets.
—Ashok Reddy, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Microsecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microsecond. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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microsecond
noun
mi·cro·sec·ond
ˌmī-krō-ˈsek-ənd 
-ənt
: one millionth of a second
Medical Definition
microsecond
noun
mi·cro·sec·ond
ˈmī-krō-ˌsek-ənd, -ənt
: one millionth of a second
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