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millisecond

[mil-uh-sek-uhnd] / ˈmɪl əˌsɛk ənd /


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"I was just admiring the fish itself, when he just jumped in a millisecond and grabbed into my calf," Achim said.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Now, 200 data points are captured by sensors on the production-line machines every millisecond, and the data is processed inside the factory on a Siemens Industrial Edge Device platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Attorneys on both sides played and replayed the footage over and over, sometimes slowed down to the millisecond in order to show how Jones and his colleagues had approached the incident.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 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

For a millisecond he wondered if everything was okay.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser


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