"microsecond" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microsecond [singular], microseconds [plural]
Etymology: micro- + second Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|micro|second}} micro- + second Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A microsecond is one millionth (0.000001 or 10⁻⁶ or ¹/_(1,000,000)) of a second. The symbol is μs/µs.
    Sense id: simple-microsecond-en-noun-5CItG-P1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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