millisecond
Thousand per second
A millisecond is one thousandth of a second.
The term appears in technical contexts—computing, physics, athletics—where tiny intervals matter: The server responded in 200 milliseconds.
In casual speech, millisecond often just means an extremely brief moment: I'll be there in a millisecond.
Briefest unit of time
- momentBrief period of time
- tickParasitic eight-legged pest
- flashBrief burst of light
- blinkRapid lid movement
heartbeat · jiffy · twinkling · eyeblink · flicker · wink · trice · shake
Interval timing device
- chronometerPrecision timekeeping instrument
- timerDuration-tracking mechanism
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- accuracyDegree of correctness
calibration · interval · latency · benchmark · timestamp · clock · oscilloscope · frequency
Delay in system response
- pingBrief metallic tone
- lagPeriod of falling behind
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- processingSystematic operation on data
bandwidth · throughput · timeout · delay · jitter
Moving with haste
- swiftMoving with speed
- quickMoving with speed
- fastSpeedy, or skip eating
- instantaneousHappening without any delay
lightning · real-time · high-speed · supersonic · blur · flash · snap
instant
Briefest unit of time
blink · heartbeat · jiffy · twinkling · eyeblink · flicker · wink · trice · shake · picosecond
stopwatch
Interval timing device
- chronometerPrecision timekeeping instrument
- timerDuration-tracking mechanism
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
accuracy · calibration · interval · latency · benchmark · timestamp · clock · oscilloscope · frequency · hertz
latency
Delay in system response
processing · bandwidth · throughput · timeout · delay · jitter
rapid
Moving with haste
instantaneous · lightning · real-time · high-speed · supersonic · blur · flash · snap
- milli-unitsmillivolt, milliwatt, milliamp, millijoule, milliohm
- tiny unitsmicrogram, micrometer, microliter, nanogram, nanometer
- timeminute, hour, day, seconds, minutes
- timekeepingclock, watch, watches, clocks, timer
- time conceptsclock, calendar, hour, minute, week
- momentsmoment, instant, flash, jiffy, tick