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millisecond

[mil-uh-sek-uhnd] / ˈmɪl əˌsɛk ənd /


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“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

“I really feel like that one millisecond completely just changed my whole life and changed who I was as a person. Changed the sparkle I had and the light that I used to carry.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

A millisecond later, I was standing inside a vintage 1980s phone booth located inside an old Greyhound bus station.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline