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One millionth of a second. See space/time and ohnosecond.

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symbol: μs; a unit of time equal to 10⁻⁶ second.

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One-millionth (10⁻⁶) of a second; abbreviated μs or μsec.

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• Periods of Time - microsecond: one millionth of a second

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See words rhyming with "microsecond."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - mikrosekund

Nederlands (Dutch)
microseconde (een miljoenste seconde)

Français (French)
n. - micro-seconde

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mikrosekunde

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μικροδευτερόλεπτο

Italiano (Italian)
microsecondo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - microssegundo (m)

Русский (Russian)
микросекунда

Español (Spanish)
n. - microsegundo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mikrosekund

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
一百万分之一秒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一百萬分之一秒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 마이크로 초(100만분의 1초)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - マイクロ秒, マイクロセカンド

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جزء من مليون من الثانيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מיליונית שנייה‬

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