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millisecond

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mil·li·sec·ond /ˈmɪlɪˌsekənd/ noun [countable]  a unit for measuring time. There are 1,000 milliseconds in one second. 毫秒,千分之一秒
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millisecondThe centre engine started first and then the opposite pairs fired up at 300 millisecond intervals.It all takes place in a tenth of a millisecond.It is worth nothing that the X-ray emission from Cygnus X-1 is irregular and flickers on a millisecond time-scale.If the entire index is in main storage, the correct cylinder to search is located in well under a millisecond.A millisecond before and he would have been trapped.A millisecond later doesn't bear considering.The pulsar is a member of the slowly growing class of millisecond pulsars with low-mass companions.It is possible to detect individual pulses from this millisecond pulsar with high signal-to-noise ratio in unbroken trains.
mil·li·sec·ond nounChineseSyllable
in milliseconds Corpus are time. 1,000 There a for measuring unit


millisecond
millisecond /ˈmɪlɪˌsekənd/ noun [countable]
a unit for measuring time. There are 1,000 milliseconds in one second.


milli·sec·ondBrE /ˈmɪlisekənd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɪlisekənd/ 🔊 noun (specialist) a 1 000th of a second 毫秒;千分之一秒(figurative) I hesitated a millisecond too long. 我稍稍犹豫了一下。🔊🔊