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That gave us an indication that lighting spark during the first tens of microseconds is not driven by the electric field in the cloud.
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
For approximately the first microsecond of the Universe after the start of the hot Big Bang, there were no protons and neutrons, but rather only a quark-gluon plasma, tightly coupled to all the other forms of matter, antimatter, and radiation that existed back then.
—Big Think, 6 Mar. 2025
Every microsecond counts, and data needs to be trusted absolutely; win-or-lose decisions depend on it.
—Hugo Feiler, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Every instant at which the brightness change exceeds a certain threshold, with microsecond timing.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2024
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Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
For approximately the first microsecond of the Universe after the start of the hot Big Bang, there were no protons and neutrons, but rather only a quark-gluon plasma, tightly coupled to all the other forms of matter, antimatter, and radiation that existed back then.
—Big Think, 6 Mar. 2025
Every microsecond counts, and data needs to be trusted absolutely; win-or-lose decisions depend on it.
—Hugo Feiler, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Every instant at which the brightness change exceeds a certain threshold, with microsecond timing.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Microsecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microsecond. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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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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