Millisecond

Definitions

An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻³ seconds. Symbol: ms

Equivalents

Examples

“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”

“Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond”

“The suggestion that pulsars were rotating neutron stars was put⟳ forth independently by Thomas Gold and Franco Pacini in 1968, and was soon proven beyond reasonable doubt⟳ by the discovery of a pulsar with a very short (33-millisecond) pulse period in the Crab nebula.ᵂ”

“We live⟳ our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate⟳ on scales outside of human experience⟳: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.”

“The internal NES clock must accurately measure⟳ down to milliseconds for its games to work⟳ properly.”

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