Millisecond
noun
A measure of time that is equal to one thousandth (1/1000) of a second.
Lights can turn on in a millisecond.
Often appears as...
- wait a millisecond
- in a millisecond
noun
A measure of time used specifically in scientific and technological contexts, equal to one thousandth (1/1000) of a second.
CPU operations are often measured in milliseconds.
Often appears as...
- millisecond delay
- millisecond pulse
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Technical
noun
A measure of time that is equal to one thousandth (1/1000) of a second.
Lights can turn on in a millisecond.
Often appears as...
- wait a millisecond
- in a millisecond
noun
A measure of time used specifically in scientific and technological contexts, equal to one thousandth (1/1000) of a second.
CPU operations are often measured in milliseconds.
Often appears as...
- millisecond delay
- millisecond pulse
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Common Expressions
Used in everyday language to express speed or a very short time.
I'll be back in a millisecond.
Pro Tip 2/3Hyperbole
'Millisecond' can be used hyperbolically to mean 'very fast' or 'almost instantly'.
My heart skipped a beat for a millisecond when I saw the results.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
Often 'millisecond' is not literal but emphasizes a brief moment that felt quick.
When our eyes met, it lasted only a millisecond.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Expressions
Used in everyday language to express speed or a very short time.
I'll be back in a millisecond.
Pro Tip 2/3Hyperbole
'Millisecond' can be used hyperbolically to mean 'very fast' or 'almost instantly'.
My heart skipped a beat for a millisecond when I saw the results.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
Often 'millisecond' is not literal but emphasizes a brief moment that felt quick.
When our eyes met, it lasted only a millisecond.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Expressions
Used in everyday language to express speed or a very short time.
I'll be back in a millisecond.
Pro Tip 2/3Hyperbole
'Millisecond' can be used hyperbolically to mean 'very fast' or 'almost instantly'.
My heart skipped a beat for a millisecond when I saw the results.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literal
Often 'millisecond' is not literal but emphasizes a brief moment that felt quick.
When our eyes met, it lasted only a millisecond.
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Ed Boyden: A light...
Over the last couple years, we've gone back to the tree of life, because we wanted to find ways to turn circuits in the brain off. If we could do that, this could be extremely powerful. If you can delete cells for a few milliseconds or seconds, you can figure out what role they play in the circuits in which they're embedded.
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Watch the Total Solar...
then how they are at night but actually beyond that things like time change things like your mass changes and your size change too and you know and I know this because when I was in space I urged seven milliseconds less than everybody else on earth yes I'm younger than I would have otherwise been you might have
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Why modern renewable...
the time losing a billion watts maybe in milliseconds often for weeks or months often without warning the grid handles this intermittence by backing up failed plants with working plants in exactly the same way but often in lower cost the grid can manage the for castable variation of solar and wind power by
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The wild world of...
and in milliseconds, a trapdoor swings open and sucks her in. Trapped half in and half out, she struggles to free herself while the part of her body inside the plant gets digested. Over the next few hours, her writhing sets the trap off repeatedly, each time bringing her deeper into the plant
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How exactly does binary...
The sound in this video is also stored in binary, with the help of a technique called pulse code modulation. Continuous sound waves are digitized by taking "snapshots" of their amplitudes every few milliseconds. These are recorded as numbers in the form of binary strings,
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What is déjà vu? What is...
We'll need an action. Let's go with a waiter dropping a tray of dishes. As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help, the smell of pasta. Within milliseconds, this information zips through pathways
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In the war for...
modern encryption enables us to send data that can be secured in a matter of milliseconds. The brilliant idea that makes this magic possible, it relies on hard mathematical problems. Cryptographers are deeply interested in things that calculators can't do.
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Miguel Nicolelis:...
The idea was that if you suffered -- and that can happen to any one of us. Let me tell you, it's very sudden. It's a millisecond of a collision, a car accident that transforms your life completely. If you have a complete lesion of the spinal cord,
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How we teach computers...
No one tells a child how to see, especially in the early years. They learn this through real-world experiences and examples. If you consider a child's eyes as a pair of biological cameras, they take one picture about every 200 milliseconds,
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Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
powerful they are the equivalent to five times its own body weight and the strike is delivered in 15 milliseconds that's one-tenth of a blink of an eye making the secretary bird one of the most remarkable creatures that live on the
Video examples
Ed Boyden: A light...
Over the last couple years, we've gone back to the tree of life, because we wanted to find ways to turn circuits in the brain off. If we could do that, this could be extremely powerful. If you can delete cells for a few milliseconds or seconds, you can figure out what role they play in the circuits in which they're embedded.
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
then how they are at night but actually beyond that things like time change things like your mass changes and your size change too and you know and I know this because when I was in space I urged seven milliseconds less than everybody else on earth yes I'm younger than I would have otherwise been you might have
Video examples
Why modern renewable...
the time losing a billion watts maybe in milliseconds often for weeks or months often without warning the grid handles this intermittence by backing up failed plants with working plants in exactly the same way but often in lower cost the grid can manage the for castable variation of solar and wind power by
Video examples
The wild world of...
and in milliseconds, a trapdoor swings open and sucks her in. Trapped half in and half out, she struggles to free herself while the part of her body inside the plant gets digested. Over the next few hours, her writhing sets the trap off repeatedly, each time bringing her deeper into the plant
Video examples
How exactly does binary...
The sound in this video is also stored in binary, with the help of a technique called pulse code modulation. Continuous sound waves are digitized by taking "snapshots" of their amplitudes every few milliseconds. These are recorded as numbers in the form of binary strings,
Video examples
What is déjà vu? What is...
We'll need an action. Let's go with a waiter dropping a tray of dishes. As the scene unfolds, your brain's hemispheres process a flurry of the waiter's flailing arms, his cry for help, the smell of pasta. Within milliseconds, this information zips through pathways
Video examples
In the war for...
modern encryption enables us to send data that can be secured in a matter of milliseconds. The brilliant idea that makes this magic possible, it relies on hard mathematical problems. Cryptographers are deeply interested in things that calculators can't do.
Video examples
Miguel Nicolelis:...
The idea was that if you suffered -- and that can happen to any one of us. Let me tell you, it's very sudden. It's a millisecond of a collision, a car accident that transforms your life completely. If you have a complete lesion of the spinal cord,
Video examples
How we teach computers...
No one tells a child how to see, especially in the early years. They learn this through real-world experiences and examples. If you consider a child's eyes as a pair of biological cameras, they take one picture about every 200 milliseconds,
Video examples
Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
powerful they are the equivalent to five times its own body weight and the strike is delivered in 15 milliseconds that's one-tenth of a blink of an eye making the secretary bird one of the most remarkable creatures that live on the
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Quote examples
Richard Corliss
American Writer
No question that 'Birdman' is a breathtaking technical achievement, not a stunt. Shot in 30 days after a long rehearsal period, with the actors' and the camera's movements calibrated to the inch and the millisecond so the action flows smoothly, the picture has the jagged energy of a long guerrilla raid choreographed by Bob Fosse.
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Maria Konnikova
American Writer
Electrodes aren't the only things we may someday start implanting in our brains. Consider what you could do with a chip in your head that linked directly to the Internet: Within milliseconds, you could retrieve just about any piece of information.
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Maryanne Wolf
American Educator
The integration of the simpler and the deeper reading processes is not automatic and requires years of learning by the novice reader, as well as extra milliseconds for any expert to read a more sophisticated text.
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Eric Schneiderman
American Politician
High-frequency traders are firms all around the world. They're massive investments. And there is an incredible race for speed now. People are paying hundreds of millions of dollars to shave milliseconds off.
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Kim Dotcom
German Businessman
Providing 'freemium' cloud storage to society is not a crime. What will Hollywood do when smartphones and tablets can wirelessly transfer a movie file within milliseconds?
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Brock Osweiler
American Athlete
Decisions need to be made in milliseconds out on the field, and you need to almost know what the other guy is thinking and exactly what he's going to do.
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Ken Jennings
American Celebrity
Knowing lots of answers but being a millisecond slow on the buzzer is indeed very frustrating.
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Adam Clayton
Irish Musician
The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later.
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Steven Levy
American Journalist
Google serves all of humanity with information within milliseconds.
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Alexander Gustafsson
Swedish Mixed Martial Artist
You can't relax, even for a millisecond in this sport.
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Richard Corliss
American Writer
No question that 'Birdman' is a breathtaking technical achievement, not a stunt. Shot in 30 days after a long rehearsal period, with the actors' and the camera's movements calibrated to the inch and the millisecond so the action flows smoothly, the picture has the jagged energy of a long guerrilla raid choreographed by Bob Fosse.
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Maria Konnikova
American Writer
Electrodes aren't the only things we may someday start implanting in our brains. Consider what you could do with a chip in your head that linked directly to the Internet: Within milliseconds, you could retrieve just about any piece of information.
Quote examples
Maryanne Wolf
American Educator
The integration of the simpler and the deeper reading processes is not automatic and requires years of learning by the novice reader, as well as extra milliseconds for any expert to read a more sophisticated text.
Quote examples
Eric Schneiderman
American Politician
High-frequency traders are firms all around the world. They're massive investments. And there is an incredible race for speed now. People are paying hundreds of millions of dollars to shave milliseconds off.
Quote examples
Kim Dotcom
German Businessman
Providing 'freemium' cloud storage to society is not a crime. What will Hollywood do when smartphones and tablets can wirelessly transfer a movie file within milliseconds?
Quote examples
Brock Osweiler
American Athlete
Decisions need to be made in milliseconds out on the field, and you need to almost know what the other guy is thinking and exactly what he's going to do.
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Ken Jennings
American Celebrity
Knowing lots of answers but being a millisecond slow on the buzzer is indeed very frustrating.
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Adam Clayton
Irish Musician
The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later.
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Steven Levy
American Journalist
Google serves all of humanity with information within milliseconds.
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Alexander Gustafsson
Swedish Mixed Martial Artist
You can't relax, even for a millisecond in this sport.
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