MICROSECOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microsecond mean? 

• MICROSECOND (noun)
  The noun MICROSECOND has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MICROSECOND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROSECOND (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)

 Context examples 

The new data also allowed astronomers to measure the rate at which the pulsar slows, or spins down (about 30 microseconds per year), as well as how this spin-down rate varies over time.

(Pulse of a Dead Star Powers Intense Gamma Rays, NASA)

The signal of FRB 181112 was comprised of a few pulses, each lasting less than 40 microseconds (10 000 times shorter than the blink of an eye).

(Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil ​halo, ESO)