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Meaning of "microsecond" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MICROSECOND

microsecond  [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌsɛkənd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MICROSECOND

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conjunction
determiner
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Microsecond is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MICROSECOND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Microsecond

A microsecond is an SI unit of time equal to one millionth of a second. Its symbol is μs. One microsecond is to one second as one second is to 11.574 days. A microsecond is equal to 1000 nanoseconds or 1/1,000 milliseconds. Because the next SI prefix is 1000 times larger, measurements of 10−5 and 10−4 seconds are typically expressed as tens or hundreds of microseconds.

Definition of microsecond in the English dictionary

The definition of microsecond in the dictionary is one millionth of a second μs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MICROSECOND


blackened
ˈblækənd
darkened
ˈdɑːkənd
fecund
ˈfiːkənd
femtosecond
ˈfɛmtəʊˌsɛkənd
infecund
ɪnˈfiːkənd
jocund
ˈdʒɒkənd
lichened
ˈlaɪkənd
millisecond
ˈmɪlɪˌsɛkənd
nanosecond
ˈnænəʊˌsɛkənd
picosecond
ˈpiːkəʊˌsɛkənd
rubicund
ˈruːbɪkənd
second
ˈsɛkənd
sixty-second
ˌsɪkstɪˈsɛkənd
split-second
ˌsplɪtˈsekənd
unawakened
ˌʌnəˈweɪkənd
unquickened
ʌnˈkwɪkənd
unreckoned
ʌnˈrɛkənd
unwakened
ʌnˈweɪkənd
unweakened
ʌnˈwiːkənd
zeptosecond
ˈzɛptəˌsɛkənd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MICROSECOND

microsatellite
microscale
microscope
microscopic
microscopical
microscopically
Microscopii
microscopist
Microscopium
microscopy
microseism
microseismic
microseismical
microseismicity
microsite
microskirt
microsleep
microsmatic
microsomal
microsome

WORDS THAT END LIKE MICROSECOND

abscond
almond
arc second
beyond
blond
bond
centimetre-gram-second
correspond
diamond
fond
foot-pound-second
half-second
Hammond
leap second
metre-kilogram-second
pond
respond
Richmond
split second
yoctosecond

Synonyms and antonyms of microsecond in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «microsecond» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MICROSECOND

Find out the translation of microsecond to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of microsecond from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «microsecond» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

微秒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

microsegundo
570 millions of speakers

English

microsecond
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

माइक्रोसैकेण्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميكروثانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мкс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

microssegundo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাইক্রোসেকেন্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

microseconde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Microsecond
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mikrosekunde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マイクロ秒
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마이크로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Microsecond
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

micro
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மைக்ரோசெகண்டில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायक्रोसेकंद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mikrosaniye
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

microsecondo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mikrosekund
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мкс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

microsecundă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικροδευτερόλεπτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

micro
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mikrosekund
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mikro
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of microsecond

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROSECOND»

The term «microsecond» is regularly used and occupies the 86.927 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROSECOND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «microsecond» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «microsecond» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about microsecond

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICROSECOND»

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1
Programming PIC Microcontrollers Using PICBASIC
0 = 0 'send low pulse out pin 0 pause 10 'pulse width is 10 msec goto pulse 'loop again to make square wave of close to '50% duty cycle PAUSEUS period This command expands on the PAUSE command by allowing microsecond delays.
Chuck Hellebuyck, 2003
2
Acoustical Imaging: Volume 29
These new ultrasound images, termed P-mode images, potentially are usable by clinicians to locate seeds. 3. RESULTS 3.1 Simulations 0 2 4 6 8 10 1 0.5 0 0.5 1 Time (microsecond) 0 2 4 6 8 10 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 Time (microsecond) 0 2 4 6 8 ...
Iwaki Akiyama, 2010
3
Digital Design with RTL Design, Verilog and VHDL
A timer has a base time unit such as 1 microsecond. A designer programs the timer to a desired time interval by loading a binary number representing the desired multiplication of the base time unit. If a timer's base time unit is 1 microsecond ...
Frank Vahid, 2010
4
Operation and maintenance manual: direction finder groups ...
Set the "MARKER INTERVALS" switch to "1" when measuring 0.5-microsecond pulse and to "10" when measuring 10-microsecond or 50-microsecond pulse. f. Set the "SWEEP TIME COARSE" switch to "1" for 0.5-microsecond pulse, to "10" far ...
United States. Dept. of the Army, 1991
5
Popular Science
Radar is really a stop watcli— fantastically accurate— timing the speed-of-light race of a microsecond pulse from antenna to target and back. Computers then turn travel time into distance to target. The 17-ton antenna above searches ...
6
A Multi-dithering Controller with Sub-microsecond Response ...
This dissertation investigates model-free architectures, and a particular implementation, for fast adaptive control of a plant with unknown dynamics, using direct observation of a performance metric that is further subject to unknown ...
Dimitrios N. Loizos, 2007
7
Broadband Power-line Communication Systems: Theory & ...
(a) 3.5 4 4.5 Time (Microsecond) (c) 3 5 –0.2 –0.1 0 0.1 0.2 3.5 4 4.5 Time ( Microsecond) 3 5 –0.1 –0.05 0 0.05 0.1 0.1 0.2 0 –0.2 –0.1 0 0.02 0.04 –0.06 – 0.04 –0.02 (d) (b) 3.5 4 4.5 Time (Microsecond) 3 5 3.5 4 4.5 Time (Microsecond) 5 ...
Justinian Anatory, Nelson Theethayi, 2010
8
Energetics of Biological Macromolecules, Part E
... high sensitivity on a nanosecond time scale.122 (The usual method for measuring CD utilizes 50-kHz modulation of polarization and is therefore inapplicable on the microsecond time scale.) The time-resolved CD spectra are shown in Fig.
‎2004
9
Recording Dosimeters for One Microsecond X-ray Pulses
The use of Westinghouse 'micro-flash' X-ray equipment for routine investigations has shown the need of a device for measuring the relative integrated intensity of each X-ray pulse.
James Sircom Allen, Donald E. Hudson, 1948
10
MySQL Administrator's Bible
Composite. INTERVAL. Units. Allowable str Values Simple Unit Equivalence SECOND_MICROSECOND INTERVAL str SECOND_MICROSECOND 5 or '5' 4.5, '4.5' or 4:5 INTERVAL 5 MICROSECOND INTERVAL 4 SECOND + INTERVAL 5 ...
Sheeri K. Cabral, Keith Murphy, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICROSECOND»

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1
The Test That Can Look Into A Child's (Reading) Future
... ability to process sound — like telling the difference between someone saying "ba" and "ga" — requires microsecond precision in the brain. «NPR, Jul 15»
2
Scott Walker's deranged hawkishness: He's ready to bomb Iran …
Walker is doing much the same thing with Iran – if you're not ready to back out of the deal the precise microsecond you become president, then ... «Salon, Jul 15»
3
Trading Fast and Slow Fuels Turbulence in Treasury Market
The chasm in the Treasury market between microsecond traders and comparatively slow-poke humans is making it harder to navigate the ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
4
Why haven't we found alien life yet?
... and secondly it has only been a metaphorical microsecond in the history of the universe that we have been searching for aliens, meaning our ... «euronews, Jul 15»
5
What Is The REAL Lesson From the NYSE Outage?
Adding microsecond precision to the SIP feed, which has no real use cases for that level of precision and no way to be accurate to that level, ... «Traders Magazine, Jul 15»
6
The Queen was wise to mock Hitler
It is this. If you have a microsecond of embarrassment about this footage, Ma'am, then DON'T. If you feel the faintest twinge of regret about your ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
NYSE Halt Shows the Industry Needs a New Approach to Time
Even firms operating well out of the range of high frequency trading require microsecond time data in order to have visibility into order flow. «Traders Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Time Is Not on Your Side
If it takes more than a microsecond for a Web page to load or a video to play, our pulse quickens and our blood pressure rises. How all of this ... «Baseline, Jul 15»
9
John Fogerty rushes back to '1969' at the Bowl
In particular, celebrated session and touring drummer Kenny Aronoff pushed beats forward rather than remaining a microsecond behind to give ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
10
Magnetars, starquakes, and other amazing space oddities
... it would accelerate to 1,250 miles per second in the microsecond before the collision. Then, the eggplant would explode with more force than ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Microsecond [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/microsecond>. Apr 2024 ».
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