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But even on the world’s most powerful exascale computers, a full month of compute produces just a few microseconds of simulated time.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024
Data from the wheel speed sensors are processed every five milliseconds, even though the sensors can detect wheel movement every 0.1 microseconds.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2024
Relative to the Earth, time moves more quickly on the Moon – 58.7 microseconds faster each day – because of the weaker gravitational pull.
—Richard Windsor, The Week Uk, theweek, 4 Apr. 2024
High-speed quantitative trading systems rely on algorithms that sense changes in global stock markets, analyze huge sums of data to make predictions, and then automatically execute trades in a matter of microseconds.
—Anthony Vinci, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2020
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First Known Use
1906, in the meaning defined above
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“Microsecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microsecond. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
microsecond
noun
mi·cro·sec·ond
ˌmī-krō-ˈsek-ənd
-ənt
: one millionth of a second
Medical Definition
microsecond
noun
mi·cro·sec·ond
ˈmī-krō-ˌsek-ənd, -ənt
: one millionth of a second
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