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MILLISECOND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One thousandth (10^-3) of a second

Synonyms:

millisecond; msec

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "millisecond"):

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

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

s; sec; second (1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)

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