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An SI unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds. Symbol: μs
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: metrology
Examples
- Holonyms: millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
- Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a millisecond
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time unit, unit of time
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- English second English microsecond From micro- + second.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
微秒
(wēimiǎo)
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Czech:
mikrosekunda
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Danish:
mikrosekund
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Dutch:
microseconde
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Finnish:
mikrosekunti
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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French:
microseconde
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Greek:
μικροδευτερόλεπτο
(mikrodefterólepto)
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Hebrew:
מיקרושניה
(mikroshneeya)
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Hungarian:
mikroszekundum
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Icelandic:
míkrósekúnda
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Italian:
microsecondo
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Japanese:
マイクロ秒
(maikuro byō)
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Lithuanian:
mikrosekundė
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Norwegian Bokmål:
mikrosekund
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
mikrosekund
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Portuguese:
microssegundo
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Russian:
микросеку́нда
(mikrosekúnda)
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Slovak:
mikrosekunda
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Slovene:
mikrosekunda
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Spanish:
microsegundo
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Swedish:
mikrosekund
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
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Ukrainian:
мікросеку́нда
(mikrosekúnda)
— unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds
