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microsecond Definition

micro·sec·ond (krō sek′ənd)

noun

one millionth of a second: symbol, μs

Etymology: micro- + second

microsecond Usage Examples

Preposition: after

  • bang: Such a nuclear plasma might have existed in the very early universe only microseconds after the big bang.

Converse of object

  • take: Each load takes about 1 microsecond, faster than the CPU can write the 8-bit value.
  • last: The pulse produced in the modulator has a voltage greater than 10,000 volts and lasts about 1 microsecond.

Adjective modifier

  • few: Very short pulse durations of the order of a few microseconds may be obtained with this circuit.
  • several: The protein itself, however, folds to perfection in several microseconds.
  • exact: With so many packets flying around the internet, some of them arrive at routers at the exact same microsecond.
  • near: Using the board clock an application can tell the current moment to the nearest microsecond.
  • second: Attributes: year, month, day, hour, minute, second, microsecond, and tzinfo.
  • same: With so many packets flying around the internet, some of them arrive at routers at the exact same microsecond.

Modifies a noun

  • resolution: It reprograms the timer chip to take microsecond resolution, and it is 200-300 times more accurate than the Crt.Delay routine.
  • precision: EPSG claims that EPL is is the only real-time Ethernet protocol to deliver microsecond precision.
  • pulse: Triplet state absorption is also a significant problem under microsecond pulse length operation.
  • accuracy: Timing has been improved to microsecond accuracy for tighter playback.
  • delay: Their only effect is to cause a 13 microsecond delay in execution.
  • operation: Triplet state absorption is also a significant problem under microsecond pulse length operation.