MICROSECOND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("microsecond" is a kind of...):

time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)

Meronyms (parts of "microsecond"):

nanosecond (one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond)

Holonyms ("microsecond" is a part of...):

millisecond; msec (one thousandth (10^-3) of a second)

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