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Each individual phone also has its own unique measurement bias that can be off by several microseconds.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
This process erodes a bit under 25 micrometers of the rock's surface before ending at 0.05 microseconds when the radiation from the Z machine fades out.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
The company can execute trades in just a few microseconds, and process data in mere nanoseconds.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2017
The arrival of the release date comes with a 15 second teaser with about two microseconds of actual footage celebrating its Valentine’s Day arrival.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1906, in the meaning defined above
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“Microsecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microsecond. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
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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