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A millisecond isn't long enough for the blink of an eye, but a few milliseconds may determine the winner of a swim race or a hundred-yard dash. With the ever-increasing speed of modern technology, even a millisecond has started to seem a little sluggish; computer operations are now measured in nanoseconds—that is, billionths of a second.
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George Petras, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
The only thing that was happening for her — up until the millisecond at the end of her life — was reuniting with Oscar.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2024
But with highly sophisticated sensors and actuators, a special mirror in the light path can be deformed within milliseconds to correct this turbulence, sharpening the telescope's resolution.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Nov. 2023
According to Qualcomm, the makers of the Quest 3’s GPU, the latency is as low as 12 milliseconds.
—Anja Webb, Parents, 14 June 2024
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“Millisecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millisecond. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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