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  • abbreviation millisecond

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  • abbreviation millisecond

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  • noun one thousandth (10^-3) of a second

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Examples

  • First, the very slow response time (600 msec, which is slower than eink) prevents it from displaying full motion video.

    MAKE Magazine 2009

  • Number of hops were 11. and roundtrip time was 184 msec

    McCain Campaign Sheds Crocodile Tears About Media To Build Up Palin's Speech Tonight 2009

  • This decision came approximately 200 msec before movement, hundreds of msec after onset of the readiness potential.

    A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis) 2007

  • They found that electrical activity preceded finger movement by 800 msec, calling this activity the readiness potential.

    A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis) 2007

  • This decision came approximately 200 msec before movement, hundreds of msec after onset of the readiness potential.

    A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis) 2007

  • They found that electrical activity preceded finger movement by 800 msec, calling this activity the readiness potential.

    A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis) 2007

  • But the striking discovery is that while the RP is activated 550 msec before the action, the subject's awareness of their decision to act occurs only 150-200 msec before the action.

    A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis) 2007

  • The chimp, Ayumu, can in one brief glance of 210 msec (faster than you can blink!) memorize five numbers on a screen and then tap them in the right order even though the numbers themselves have disappeared from view.

    Frans de Waal: Outsmarted by Apes! 2008

  • Functions: start (int msec): starts the timer with msec as the interval start (): starts the timer with the default interval stop (): stops the timer

    KDE TechBase - Recent changes [en] Renophaston 2010

  • The combination enables inlet system response times of less the 150 msec with measurement speeds of up to 500 data points per second over an entire 7 decade dynamic range.

    D Mag - News 2010

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