Etymology

msec

m·sec
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Today it means: A millisecond, ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a second. Full definition →

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.