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millisecond

[mil-uh-sek-uhnd] / ˈmɪl əˌsɛk ənd /


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David Mackenzie’s “Fuze” springs to life in a millisecond.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

"I would say they were a millisecond, like the fastest a camera shutter can open and close," added Wiseman, who said the flashes were "white to bluish white."

From Barron's Apr. 8, 2026

“As a user,” Krug argues, “I should never have to devote a millisecond of thought to whether things are clickable—or not.”

From Slate Apr. 4, 2026

A millisecond used to be a big deal for the world’s quickest traders.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

Their bodies were a map of cells, a thousand equations, solved by the second, by the millisecond, and she knew only answers.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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