msec

plural msecs · alternative msec.

1. informalA millisecond, ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a second.

   The integration time was roughly 40 msec.

   1999 December 17, Edward H. Adelson et al., “Filtering Reveals Form in Temporally Structured Displays”, in Science, volume 286, number 5448, →DOI

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   According to P. Hoffmann [1920] an afferent volley, electrically excited or elicited by a tendon tap, depresses for 30–100 msec. the motor discharge to an extensor muscle aroused by voluntary effort.

   1935 July 6, Herbert S. Gasser, “The changes produced in the injury discharge of nerve fibres during the period following a propagated disturbance”, in The Journal of Physiology, quoted in OED, →DOI, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15

   The time required for a solution change varied between 50 msec and ~ 1 sec, possibly reflecting the varied extent of -shape formation of the excised patch.

   2009, Science, pages 2172–2175