A microsecond is a unit of time equal to one millionth (10-6) of a second. From Wordnik.com. [PRWeb - Daily News Feed] Reference
A chip that stores light for a microsecond is a step towards optical computing. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
Never for a microsecond would I get them confused. From Wordnik.com. [Tribeca Q&A: Sir Ben Kingsley: Vanity Fair] Reference
Less than a microsecond, Eric would have sworn to that. From Wordnik.com. [Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows]
Part of me knows to the microsecond what has just occurred. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
For a microsecond of time the forward steering tubes fired. From Wordnik.com. [Behold the Stars]
Of course all of these thoughts take place in a microsecond!. From Wordnik.com. [Lissa Coffey: No Whining, No Griping, No Complaining: Take the Challenge and Reap the Rewards!] Reference
A microsecond after she said beep, the microwave timer went off. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
There was a microsecond of disorientation and then she was alert. From Wordnik.com. [Hellfire]
A microsecond later, the warhead detonated, destroying the Forger. From Wordnik.com. [Hellfire]
Not settled in there, not stayed for much more that a microsecond. From Wordnik.com. [Joint Operations]
And after a microsecond of hesitation, Fred told him how to go it. From Wordnik.com. [In Alien Hands]
One awful microsecond of agony as his body blew into a million pieces. From Wordnik.com. [1968]
That stopped him a fraction of a microsecond before he had intended to. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Space Beagle]
It was homing in on Montego Bay, closing the distance every microsecond. From Wordnik.com. [Hellfire]
Ryne nodded and didn't mention that she could pop them in a microsecond. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midnight Hour] Reference
If it's the internal pressure, you get crushed to death in a microsecond. From Wordnik.com. [The Forever War]
We live in a chaotic world that is disconnected and evolving by the microsecond. From Wordnik.com. [Are Bloggers Creating Their Own Sweatshop?] Reference
Any radar system splits up a microsecond as easily as you slice a pound of butter. From Wordnik.com. [Time For The Stars]
Q You said that you would put out your details in a microsecond if they came forward. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
Justin thought about that for a good microsecond, maybe even a microsecond and a half. From Wordnik.com. [The Disunited States of America] Reference
The whisker twitching stopped for a microsecond, and then Rex retreated under the bedding. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Up]
In the space of a microsecond, Thor returned the salute, faced forward, and braced himself. From Wordnik.com. [Terror At Dawn]
The microsecond it took me to recall that story whizzed past and I continued on to the target. From Wordnik.com. [Thud Ridge]
Simon knew the words by heart and was able to time the first notes of Taps to the microsecond. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
"Nunchaku," she said shortly, never for a microsecond letting her attention slip from the gaki. From Wordnik.com. [Children Of The Night]
A microsecond later, Jefferson lurched hard to the left, then equally violently back to the right. From Wordnik.com. [Terror At Dawn]
MR. MCCURRY: Well, if there was any point in putting them forward, we would do so in a microsecond. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry And David Johnson] Reference
This happens often: so we often tell (by experience) that we have existed for more than a microsecond. From Wordnik.com. [Warranted Christian Belief] Reference
A tax on these microsecond trades could sober up Wall Street addicts and return them to productive labor. From Wordnik.com. [Goldman's Profits Come from Our Pockets: Why We Need a Tobin Tax] Reference
They seemed to hang in the air for a microsecond, and then picked up speed so rapidly they almost vanished before his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Terror At Dawn]
That's the way it is with horses; can I also tell from my experience that I have existed for more than a microsecond or so?. From Wordnik.com. [Warranted Christian Belief] Reference
"Every microsecond in their world can potentially equate to getting a better fill, and better profitability," Mr. Actman said. From Wordnik.com. [NYSE Cuts Trade Times to 5 Milliseconds] Reference
One microsecond it was embedded in the universe, a familiar star in a familiar galaxy, and the next, all its peripherals were dead. From Wordnik.com. [Starfish] Reference
PERRY: Your brain sort of shuts down for a microsecond and then you just sort of reboot and remember where you are and those things. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2002] Reference
The time required for these reactions to occur is limited by the inertia of the fuel (hence the name), but is less than a microsecond. From Wordnik.com. [Nuclear fusion power] Reference
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