millisecond

Example Sentences

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Less than one millisecond before the lightning touches it, the rod, provoked by the presence of the negative discharge of the lightning, sends a positive discharge up to connect to it.

From New York Times

“But after a while, they all stop for a few milliseconds before they start moving again.”

From Scientific American

Google’s work produced a time crystal that functioned for milliseconds, but the research looks promising, Wilczek said.

From Washington Post

And once trained, people typically start to tuck and roll within 200 milliseconds during a controlled fall.

From New York Times

He wanted Gomes to be mindful of his “internal clock,” knowing the difference that a second, a half-second or a millisecond can make.

From Washington Post