submillisecond
English
Alternative forms
- sub-millisecond
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *smih₂
Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī
French milli-
English milli-
English second
English millisecond
English submillisecond
From sub- + millisecond.
Adjective
submillisecond (not comparable)
- Lasting less than a millisecond.
- 2006 August 8, Peter M Kasson et al., “Ensemble molecular dynamics yields submillisecond kinetics and intermediates of membrane fusion”, in PNAS[1], volume 103, number 32, , archived from the original on 6 March 2025:
- On the submillisecond time scale, long-lived hemifusion intermediates dominate; this population decays over a time scale of several microseconds (t1/2 = 6.3 μs) to yield fully fused vesicles.