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1 microsecond – the length of time of a high-speed, commercial strobe light flash (see air-gap flash). 1 microsecond – protein folding takes place on the order of microseconds (thus this is the speed of carbon-based life). 1.8 microseconds – the amount of time subtracted from the Earth's day as a result of the 2011 Japanese earthquake. [1]
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 ...
An order of magnitude of time is usually a decimal prefix or decimal order-of-magnitude quantity together with a base unit of time, like a microsecond or a million years.In some cases, the order of magnitude may be implied (usually 1), like a "second" or "year".
The show must go on, as the old adage says. Amid the now annual handwringing over players and coaches on the move, there remain timeslots to fill with sporting product. And so, for better or worse ...
The action today is primarily in warm-weather cities, so if you want to see folks on the sidelines going to great lengths to stay out of the cold, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow.
The College Football Playoff got underway Friday but the main course is spread out through Saturday. Three first-round games will be played across three separate campus sites from State College ...
You can stream 12 of the 14 games going on Saturday on Fubo, which carries CBS, Fox, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, CBS Sports Network, Big Ten Network and SEC Network and offers a free trial to new subscribers.
A nanosecond is equal to 1000 picoseconds or 1 / 1000 microsecond. Time units ranging between 10 −8 and 10 −7 seconds are typically expressed as tens or hundreds of nanoseconds. Time units of this granularity are commonly found in telecommunications, pulsed lasers, and related aspects of electronics.