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Second — This article is about the unit of time. For other uses, see Second (disambiguation). A light flashing approximately once per second. The second (SI unit symbol: s; informal abbreviation: sec) is a unit of measurement of time, and is the… … Wikipedia
Orders of magnitude (time) — Contents 1 Seconds 2 See also 3 Years 4 See also 5 Footnotes … Wikipedia
1 E12 s — To help compare orders of magnitude of different times this page lists times between 32 000 years and 320 000 years (1012 seconds mdash;a terasecond mdash;and 1013 seconds). See also times of other orders of magnitude * Shorter times * 40 000… … Wikipedia
Millisecond — Horizontal logarithmic scale marked with units of time A millisecond (from milli and second; abbreviation: ms) is a thousandth (1/1,000) of a second.[1] 10 milliseconds (a hundredth of a secon … Wikipedia
Megasecond — For historical events in the megasecond range see timeline of modern history. For a list half lives in this timescale, see: List of isotopes by half life. A megasecond (symbol: Ms) is 1 million seconds, or roughly 11.6 days. There are roughly… … Wikipedia
Microsecond — A microsecond is an SI unit of time equal to one millionth (10−6) of a second. Its symbol is µs. A microsecond is equal to 1000 nanoseconds or 1/1000 millisecond. Because the next SI unit is 1000 times larger, measurements of 10−5 and 10−4… … Wikipedia
Nanosecond — A nanosecond (ns) is one billionth of a second (10−9 s). One nanosecond is to one second as one second is to 31.7 years. The word nanosecond is formed by the prefix nano and the unit second. Its symbol is ns. A nanosecond is equal to 1000… … Wikipedia
