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Native Script:한국어 한글
Pronunciation / Transliteration: millicho
"컴퓨터는 단 1밀리초 만에 계산을 끝냈다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
One thousandth (1/1,000 or 10⁻³) of a second.
"The electronic shutter of the camera opens for just one millisecond." - 2
An extremely brief or instantaneous moment in time.
"He hesitated for a millisecond before answering the tricky question."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'mille' meaning 'thousand' combined with 'second' (from Latin 'secunda' meaning 'second part' of a minute). Coined in the mid-19th century with the adoption of the metric system to denote a thousandth of a standard SI unit of time.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Millisecond" is said worldwide
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milliseconde
Transliteration: mi-li-səkɔ̃d
"La réaction a pris seulement une milliseconde."
Millisekunde
Transliteration: mɪliˈzʊkundə
"Der Computer reagierte in einer Millisekunde."
millisecondo
Transliteration: mil.li.selˈkɔn.do
"Ci è voluto solo un millisecondo per capire."
milisegundo
Transliteration: mi.li.seˈɣun.do
"El sistema se actualizó en un milisegundo."
milissegundo
Transliteration: mi.li.seˈɡũ.du
"Ele piscou os olhos em um milissegundo."
मिलीसेकंड
Transliteration: milīsekand
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"प्रतिक्रिया में केवल एक मिलीसेकंड लगा।"
毫秒
Transliteration: háo miǎo
Script: 中文汉字
"信号在几毫秒内传输完毕。"
밀리초
Transliteration: millicho
Script: 한국어 한글
"컴퓨터는 단 1밀리초 만에 계산을 끝냈다."
ミリ秒
Transliteration: miribyō
Script: 日本語
"データはミリ秒単位で処理される。"
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