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Etymology edit

μ- +‎ second

Noun edit

μsecond (plural μseconds)

  1. Abbreviation of microsecond.
    • 1991, Jim Slater, Modern Television Systems[1], page 116:
      In the 625-line system the line banking period is 12 μseconds, so that the active line time is 52 μseconds.
    • 2016, Wayne K. Hocking, Jürgen Röttger, Robert D. Palmer, Toru Sato, Phillip B. Chilson, Atmospheric Radar: Application and Science of MST Radars in the Earth's Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere, and Weakly Ionized Regions[2], page 344:
      The transmitter was designed as a linear amplifier with a bandwidth of 5 MHz, allowing (in principle) pulse lengths down to about 30 m, although the final pulse width chosen was about 0.1 to 1 μsecond.
    • 2018, Vadim Volkov, Mary J. Beilby, Salinity Tolerance in Plants: Mechanisms and Regulation of Ion Transport[3], page 61:
      Electrophysiological techniques of two-electrode voltage clamp or patch clamp measure ion currents across membrane of plant cells (protoplasts for patch clamp) under determined applied voltage via the membrane and provide current-voltage curves with resolution up to pA and μseconds (Figures 4 and 5).