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Millisecond
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It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with 1 E-44 s, 1 E-25 s, 1 E-24 s, 1 E-21 s, 1 E-18 s, 1 E-15 s, 1 E-12 s, 1 E-11 s, 1 E-10 s, 1 E-9 s, 1 E-8 s, 1 E-7 s, 1 E-6 s, 1 E-5 s, 1 E-4 s, Millisecond, 1 E-2 s, 1 E-1 s, 1 E0 s and 1 E1 s to form Time. (Discuss) |
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It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with 1 E2 s, Kilosecond, 1 E4 s, 1 E5 s, 1 E6 s, 1 E7 s, 1 E8 s, 1 E9 s, 1 E10 s, 1 E11 s, 1 E12 s, 1 E13 s, 1 E14 s, 1 E15 s, 1 E16 s, 1 E17 s, 1 E18 s, 1 E19 s and more, Orders of magnitude (time) and second to form Time. (Discuss) |
A millisecond (from milli- and second; abbreviation: ms) is one thousandth of a second.
To help compare orders of magnitude of different times this page lists times between 10−3 seconds and 10−2 seconds (1 millisecond to 10 milliseconds). See also times of other orders of magnitude.
- shorter times
- 1 millisecond (1 ms) – cycle time for frequency 1 kHz
- 1 millisecond – duration of light for typical photo flash strobe
- 1 millisecond – repetition interval of GPS C/A PN code
- 1.000692286 milliseconds – time taken for light to travel 300 km in a vacuum
- 2 milliseconds – half life of hassium-265
- 2.27 milliseconds – cycle time for the A above middle C in music (440 Hz); if a tuning device for musical instruments generates just one tone, it is probably this tone
- 3 milliseconds – a housefly’s wing flap
- 3.4 milliseconds – half life of meitnerium-266
- 5 milliseconds – a honeybee’s wing flap
- 8 milliseconds – 1/125 of a second (125), a standard camera shutter speed
- 9 milliseconds – typical maximum seek time for a 7200rpm hard disk
- longer times
| Orders of magnitude (time), by powers of seconds | |
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| Negative powers | 10−44 s | ... | 10−25 s | 10−24 s ... 10−22 s | 10−21 s ... 10−19 s | 10−18 s ... 10−16 s | 10−15 s ... 10−13 s | 10−12 s | 10−11 s | 10−10 s | 10−9 s | 10−8 s | 10−7 s | 10−6 s | 10−5 s | 10−4 s | 10−3 s | 10−2 s | 10−1 s |
| Positive powers | 1 s | 10 s | 102 s | 103 s | 104 s | 105 s | 106 s | 107 s | 108 s | 109 s | 1010 s | 1011 s | 1012 s | 1013 s |1014 s | 1015 s | 1016 s | 1017 s | 1018 s | 1019 s and more |