msec

msec

English

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Etymology

    From Translingual m- (“milli-”) + English sec (“second”). First attested in 1935.

    Pronunciation

    (colloquial):

    • enPR: ĕm′sĕk, IPA(key): /ˈɛm.sɛk/
    • Rhymes: -ɛmsɛk, -ɛk
    • Hyphenation: m‧sec

    Noun

    msec (plural msec or msecs)

    2. (informal) A millisecond, 1⁄1000 of a second.
      • 1935 July 6, Herbert S. Gasser, “The changes produced in the injury discharge of nerve fibres during the period following a propagated disturbance”, in The Journal of Physiology, quoted in OED, →DOI, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:
        According to P. Hoffmann [1920] an afferent volley, electrically excited or elicited by a tendon tap, depresses for 30–100 msec. the motor discharge to an extensor muscle aroused by voluntary effort.
      • 1999 December 17, Edward H. Adelson et al., “Filtering Reveals Form in Temporally Structured Displays”, in Science‎[1], volume 286, number 5448, →DOI:
        The integration time was roughly 40 msec.
      • 2009, Science‎[2], pages 2172–2175:
        The time required for a solution change varied between 50 msec and ~ 1 sec, possibly reflecting the varied extent of -shape formation of the excised patch.

    Further reading

    • “msec”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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