microsecond

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Recent Examples of microsecond In 2005, an earthquake in Indonesia shifted the Earth’s polar mass about one inch toward the east, decreasing the length of a day by 2.68 microseconds—or millionths of a second. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025 Signals from FRBs typically last from microseconds to several millisecond-timescales, rather than only a few 10s of nanoseconds. Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 June 2025 Medieval alchemists toiled unsuccessfully to change lead into gold, but physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland had better luck – though for only a microsecond. George Petras, USA Today, 17 May 2025 The solid-state aspect enables low latency beam direction control (in the order of microseconds) which is a boon for these applications. Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for microsecond
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microsecond
Noun
  • The combination of the ridge and light drove excitons in one direction for four micrometers in less than half a nanosecond at room temperature.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The winners will measure their edge in nanoseconds and act before others can react.
    Ashok Reddy, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some like to get to the airport very early, with time for a full picnic, while others are dashing in at the last minute while downing a protein bar.
    Jessie Beck, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In April, Tien Kung Ultra became the first robot to finish a half-marathon, completing the 21-kilometer course in Beijing in 2 hours and 40 minutes.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Extend it to four seconds to ensure safe spacing in adverse conditions.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Three weeks later in London, the same service required a bank transfer – no cash accepted, no cards processed, just account details exchanged securely and payment completed in seconds.
    Penny Lee, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But in the fragmented era of social media, smartphones and instant video uploads, editorial decisions by legacy media are less impactful than ever.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Grey and Flannel Checks A midi skirt gets an instant upgrade with flannel checks and a floaty A-line silhouette.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Examples of these processes can be found throughout nature, from the unpredictable rise and fall of stock market values to the irregular heartbeat cadence.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Using its optical heart sensor, the watch reviews how your blood vessels respond to heartbeats over 30-day periods.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The split second the clock turns to the opening hour, buoys from every ship are tossed in the water and the 250-fathom deep gill net is cranked out by the deckhands.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Garfield blinked in shock a few times before rocketing out of his chair for a split second, then spinning around to uncomfortably look at his co-stars.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Braking in corners, over elevation changes, or when crossing irregularities has little effect on your direction of travel, and your rate of travel can be halved or eliminated in a trice.
    Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023
  • In a trice, he’s done one, two, eight, and 10.
    James Vincent, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2023

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“Microsecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microsecond. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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