millisecond

Example Sentences

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"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

By analyzing these events, they measured "parity coherence exceeding one millisecond," a duration considered highly promising for future operations involving topological qubits based on Majorana modes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

A millisecond later, the monster’s head slammed into the tree and the impact nearly knocked my teeth out.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan