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Encyclopedia > Microsecond

To help compare orders of magnitude of different times this page lists times between 10−6 seconds and 10−5 seconds (1.0 to 10 microseconds). A microsecond is one millionth of a second. See also times of other orders of magnitude. An order of magnitude is the class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio to the class preceding it. ... A pocket watch, a common timekeeping device. ... Look up second in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The pages linked in the right-hand column contain lists of times that are of the same order of magnitude (power of ten). ...

  • shorter times
  • 1.0 microsecond (1.0 μs) — cycle time for frequency 1 MHz, radio wavelength 300 m (AM mediumwave band)
  • 1 microsecond — a high-speed, commercial strobe light flash
  • 2 microseconds — the life time of a muonium particle
  • 3.3 microseconds — the time taken by light to travel one kilometre in a vacuum
  • 5.4 microseconds — the time taken by light to travel one mile in a vacuum
  • longer times
Orders of magnitude (time), by powers of seconds
Negative powers 10-44 s | ... | 10-25 s | 10-24 s | 10-23 s | 10-22 s | 10-21 s | 10-20 s | 10-19 s | 10-18 s | 10-17 s | 10-16 s | 10-15 s | 10-14 s | 10-13 s | 10-12 s | 10-11 s | 10-10 s | 10-9 s | 10-8 s | 10-7 s | 10-6 s | 10-5 s | 10-4 s | 10-3 s | 10-2 s | 10-1 s
Positive powers 1 s | 10 s | 102 s | 103 s | 104 s | 105 s | 106 s | 107 s | 108 s | 109 s | 1010 s | 1011 s | 1012 s | 1013 s |1014 s | 1015 s | 1016 s | 1017 s | 1018 s | 1019 s and more

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1 E-6 s - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (146 words)
A microsecond is one millionth of a second.
3.3 microseconds the time taken by light to travel one kilometre in a vacuum
5.4 microseconds the time taken by light to travel one mile in a vacuum
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