"millisecond" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪlɪˌsɛkənd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-millisecond.wav [Southern-England] Forms: milliseconds [plural]
Etymology: milli- + second Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|milli<id:thousandth>|second}} milli- + second Head templates: {{en-noun}} millisecond (plural milliseconds)
  1. (metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻³ seconds. Symbol: ms; one one-thousandth of a second. Symbol: ms. Categories (topical): Metrology, SI units, Time Synonyms: millisec Translations (one one-thousandth of a second): مِيلِي ثَانِيَة (milī ṯāniya) [feminine] (Arabic), միլիվայրկյան (milivayrkyan) (Armenian), mil·lisegon [masculine] (Catalan), 毫秒 (háomiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), milisekunda [feminine] (Czech), millisekund (Danish), milliseconde [masculine] (Dutch), millisekunti (Finnish), milliseconde [feminine] (French), მილისეკუნდი (miliseḳundi) (Georgian), Millisekunde [feminine] (German), μιλιδευτερόλεπτο (milidefterólepto) [neuter] (Greek), milisgond (Haitian Creole), milliszekundum (Hungarian), ezredmásodperc (Hungarian), millisekúnda [feminine] (Icelandic), millisecondo [masculine] (Italian), ミリ秒 (miri-byō) (Japanese), ミリセカント (mirisekanto) (Japanese), 밀리초 (millicho) (Korean), 밀리세컨드 (millisekeondeu) (Korean), milisekundė [feminine] (Lithuanian), millisekonda (Maltese), millisekund [neuter] (Norwegian), milisekunda [feminine] (Polish), milissegundo [masculine] (Portuguese), milisecundă [feminine] (Romanian), миллисеку́нда (millisekúnda) [feminine] (Russian), milisekunda [feminine] (Slovak), milisekunda [feminine] (Slovene), milisegundo [masculine] (Spanish), millisekund [common-gender] (Swedish), milisaniye (Turkish), мілісеку́нда (milisekúnda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), một phần nghìn giây (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "one one-thousandth of a second",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "milisekunda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one one-thousandth of a second",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "milissegundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one one-thousandth of a second",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "milisecundă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "millisekúnda",
      "sense": "one one-thousandth of a second",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "миллисеку́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one one-thousandth of a second",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "milisekunda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "one one-thousandth of a second",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "milisekunda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one one-thousandth of a second",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "milisegundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one one-thousandth of a second",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "millisekund"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one one-thousandth of a second",
      "word": "milisaniye"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "milisekúnda",
      "sense": "one one-thousandth of a second",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мілісеку́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "one one-thousandth of a second",
      "word": "một phần nghìn giây"
    }
  ],
  "word": "millisecond"
}

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