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MICROSECOND
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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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