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  2. Microsecond - Wikipedia

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    A microsecond is a unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one millionth (0.000001 or 10 −6 or 1 ⁄ 1,000,000) of a second. Its symbol is μs, sometimes simplified to us when Unicode is not available. A microsecond is to one second, as one second is to approximately 11.57 days.

  3. Unit of time - Wikipedia

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    microsecond: 10 −6 s: One millionth of a second. Symbol is μs millisecond: 10 −3 s: One thousandth of a second. Shortest time unit used on stopwatches. jiffy (electronics) ~ 10 −3 s: Used to measure the time between alternating power cycles. Also a casual term for a short period of time. centisecond: 10 −2 s: One hundredth of a second ...

  4. Orders of magnitude (time) - Wikipedia

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    1 ms: The time for a neuron in the human brain to fire one impulse and return to rest [13] 4–8 ms: The typical seek time for a computer hard disk: 10 −2: centisecond cs One hundredth of one second 1.6667 cs: The period of a frame at a frame rate of 60 Hz. 2 cs: The cycle time for European 50 Hz AC electricity

  5. How Long Can Humans Hold Their Breath?

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    Humans set breath-holding records in water because they "can hold their breath twice as long underwater they can on land." The world record is 19 minutes and 30 seconds. ... Beavers have a good ...

  6. Millisecond - Wikipedia

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    A millisecond (from milli-and second; symbol: ms) is a unit of time in the International System of Units equal to one thousandth (0.001 or 10 −3 or 1 / 1000) of a second [1] [2] or 1000 microseconds.

  7. Short-term memory - Wikipedia

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    The idea of separate memories for short-term and long-term storage originated in the 19th century. [2] A model of memory developed in the 1960s assumed that all memories are formed in one store and transfer to others store after a small period of time.

  8. “What’s Something You’ve Been Doing Wrong For ... - AOL

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    Image credits: Kitcat1987 #4. Laundry. I had always been taught that you need to wash a shirt, pants, or whatever else after wearing it only once. So I have been doing this for years and years.

  9. Here’s Exactly How Long It’s Considered Healthy To Hold Your ...

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    Hold your urine for too long, and—ready or not—it's going to start coming out. "The longer the bladder is full, the greater the likelihood of leakage of urine," Dr. Fromer says.