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Millisecond Moderate

Millisecond has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

one thousandth (10^-3) of a second

2

One one-thousandth of a second. Symbol: ms.

See Also
lock time submillisecond milliseconds second
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
time unit

Origin

This word comes from combining the prefix milli- with second. It originally described a one-thousandth part of a second.

Rhyming Words
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