fraction of a second

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A difference of a fraction of a second can cause a breakdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026

Primordial black holes are thought to have formed during the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang, long before the first stars or galaxies existed.

From Science Daily • Jul. 3, 2026

A smartphone can send data across the world in a fraction of a second.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

It took him a fraction of a second to realize that he was still flying—and alive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Colonel Aureliano Buendía was not alarmed by the coldness of the proposition but by the way in which, by a fraction of a second, it had anticipated his own thoughts.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez