noun
- plural of microsecond; units of time equal to one millionth of a second
Usage: scientific; technical
Examples
- The computer processor executes instructions in microseconds.
- Light travels about 300 meters in just a few microseconds.
- The reaction time was measured in microseconds.
- Modern electronics operate at speeds of microseconds or faster.
- The delay between the two signals was only 50 microseconds.
- Scientists can now measure events that last mere microseconds.