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A millisecond isn't long enough for the blink of an eye, but a few milliseconds may determine the winner of a swim race or a hundred-yard dash. With the ever-increasing speed of modern technology, even a millisecond has started to seem a little sluggish; computer operations are now measured in nanoseconds—that is, billionths of a second.
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When that sheet was pressed against sections of wet ice, the nanoparticles drew the liquid water up into the grooves, creating suction that pulled the material down into contact with the underlying solid ice within just 1.5 milliseconds.
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
The burst lasted just 2.5 milliseconds and carried the same brightness of other fast radio bursts.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
In order to remain competitive, the insurer had to respond to quote requests within milliseconds while accurately evaluating driver profiles and delivering competitive rates to candidates.
—Rajiv Shesh, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
And the people who comprise markets are making infinite decisions every millisecond on the way to information creation that is exponentially greater than the knowledge possessed by government officials.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
The burst lasted just 2.5 milliseconds and carried the same brightness of other fast radio bursts.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
In order to remain competitive, the insurer had to respond to quote requests within milliseconds while accurately evaluating driver profiles and delivering competitive rates to candidates.
—Rajiv Shesh, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
And the people who comprise markets are making infinite decisions every millisecond on the way to information creation that is exponentially greater than the knowledge possessed by government officials.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Millisecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millisecond. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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millisecond
noun
mil·li·sec·ond
ˈmil-ə-ˌsek-ənd 
also -ənt
: one thousandth of a second
Medical Definition
millisecond
noun
mil·li·sec·ond
ˈmil-ə-ˌsek-ənd, -ənt
: one thousandth of a second
—abbreviation ms, msec
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