MICROSECOND Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

microsecond

noun

Definition of microsecond

as in nanosecond

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Recent Examples of microsecond However, this predictable behavior breaks down during ultra-high-speed deformation that occurs in mere fractions of a microsecond. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026 In 2010, Zurek and his collaborator Jess Riedel calculated that within a microsecond, photons from the sun will imprint the location of a grain of dust about 10 million times. — Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026 But this seething primordial soup—the stuff of future galaxies, stars, planets and people—only lasted a few microseconds. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026 The winner is the person who can hold on to this trajectory the longest, ideally cashing out in the microsecond before the randomized formula shoots the line perilously downward. — Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for microsecond

Recent Examples of Synonyms for microsecond

Noun

Power pulses scale Pulsed-power systems briefly store electricity before releasing it in an intense burst lasting about 100 nanoseconds.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Xona expects its satellites to eventually deliver a timing reference accurate to within 10 nanoseconds.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026

Definition of nanosecond

Noun

The flight, which was originally slated for last week but was delayed, ended after an hour and five minutes.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 25 July 2026
But Linda Ullmark’s last-minute goal turned a potential scoreless draw into a frustrating loss at Shell Energy Stadium.

— Staff report, Mercury News, 25 July 2026

Definition of minute

Noun

Now, each artist has to read a prompt, sketch it, and surrender the sketch to Kaylin, who has 10 seconds to describe it to the performer, via what seems like a terrible, hard-to-hear phone connection.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026
Doing any of those things in 15 seconds where classical computing takes an hour is huge, mostly because many of these optimization problems are constantly changing minute by minute.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of second

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The influencer, who announced the loss of her baby girl on Friday, June 12, got a drawing of her daughter’s heartbeat tattooed on the inside of her arm.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Because a heartbeat, something of the soul transmitted from one human to another, is still the one thing the machines can't produce.

— Sara Connell, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of heartbeat

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The moment the ride paused at the top — the very split second of anticipation before the drop — was equally fantastic, and worth a return trip.

— Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Rispoli seemed not totally aware of what happened in the split seconds before the start of the San Diego Handicap.

— Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026

Definition of split second

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
At least a hundred people died in that one, including 15 who were standing on bridges marveling at the rush of waters when, in a trice, the waters tore away the bridges.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022