Millisecond
(noun)
A unit of time equal to one thousandth of a second.
Origin:
Millisecond comes from the combination of the word "milli" meaning one thousandth and the word "second" meaning a unit of time.
Examples:
- A blink of an eye lasts about 100-400 milliseconds.
- The runner's reaction time was measured in milliseconds.
- The computer processed the data in milliseconds.
- In high-speed trading, milliseconds can mean the difference between a profitable trade and a loss.
- The sprints are timed to the nearest millisecond.