What Are Milliseconds?

Millisecond is a relatively small unit of time, the symbol is ms, 1 millisecond = 0.001 second; 0.001 millisecond = 1 microsecond; 0.0000 01 millisecond = 1 nanosecond; 0.0000 0000 1 millisecond = 1 picosecond. The minimum exposure time for a typical camera is one millisecond.

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Millisecond is a relatively small unit of time, the symbol is ms, 1 millisecond = 0.001 second; 0.001 millisecond = 1 microsecond; 0.0000 01 millisecond = 1

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The unit of time can be from extremely small to extremely large. The following description is intended to convey a feeling of a large time span.

Milliseconds

Ten billionths of a second, attosecond

Scientists use microseconds to time transient events.

Researchers have used steady high-speed lasers to generate pulses of light that last only 250 milliseconds. Although this time interval is unimaginably short, it is still very long compared to Planck time. Planck time is about 10 ^ -25 microseconds, which is considered the shortest time possible.

Milliseconds to femtoseconds

One trillionth of a second

It takes 10 to 100 femtoseconds for an atom in a molecule to complete a typical vibration. It takes hundreds of femtoseconds to complete a fast chemical reaction. The interaction of light with pigments on the retina (the process that produces vision) takes about 200 femtoseconds.

Milliseconds to picoseconds

One trillionth of a second

The fastest transistors operate in picoseconds. A rare subatomic particle, b-quark, produced by a high-energy accelerator, can exist for 1 picosecond before decay. The average time of hydrogen bonding between water molecules at room temperature is 3 picoseconds.

Milliseconds and nanoseconds

One billionth of a second

Light travels only 30 cm (less than one step) in a nanosecond in a vacuum. It takes about 2 to 4 nanoseconds for a microprocessor of a personal computer to execute an instruction (such as adding two numbers). Another rare subatomic particle, the meson, exists for 12 nanoseconds.

Milliseconds

One millionth of a second

Light can travel 300 meters during this time, which is about the length of 3 football fields, but sound waves at sea level can only travel 1/3 mm. High-speed commercial stroboscopes flash for about 1 microsecond at a time. A barrel of explosives began to explode approximately 24 microseconds after its leads were burned.

Milliseconds

One thousandth of a second

The minimum exposure time for a typical camera is one millisecond. A housefly flaps its wings every three milliseconds; a bee flaps its wings every five milliseconds. As the moon's orbit around the earth gradually widens, the time it takes to make a circle is two milliseconds per year. In computer science, an interval of 10 milliseconds is called a jiffy.

Millisecond

The "blink" time often said in parables is one tenth of a second. The human ear needs one-tenth of a second to distinguish vocal echoes. Aircraft Traveler 1, flying away from the solar system, flew about two kilometers from the sun every tenth of a second. The hummingbird can flap its wings 7 times during this time. The tuning fork set for A to C is vibrated 4 times.

Millisecond

A healthy person's heartbeat lasts about a second. Americans eat an average of 350 pizzas per second. The earth orbits the sun 30 kilometers every second, while the sun travels 274 kilometers in the galaxy. One second is not enough for the moonlight to reach Earth (takes 1.3 seconds). Traditionally, one second is one-sixtieth of one-sixth of one-fourth of a day, but scientists have given a more precise definition: 9 192 631 770 cycles of the superfine energy transition of the ground state of cesium 133 The duration is called one second.