Meanings
adjectivesubmillisecond (not comparable)
alternative sub-millisecond
- not comparableLasting less than a millisecond.
On the submillisecond time scale, long-lived hemifusion intermediates dominate; this population decays over a time scale of several microseconds (t_(1/2) = 6.3 μs) to yield fully fused vesicles.
2006 August 8, Peter M Kasson et al., “Ensemble molecular dynamics yields submillisecond kinetics and intermediates of membrane fusion”, in PNAS, volume 103, number 32, →DOI, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2025
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Englishsub-
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
- Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
- Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
- Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
- Latinmīlle
- Frenchmilli-
- Englishmilli-
- Old Frenchseconde
- Middle Englishsecunde
- Englishsecond
- Englishmillisecond
- Englishsubmillisecond
From sub- + millisecond.
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APA
submillisecond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submillisecond
MLA
“submillisecond.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submillisecond. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “submillisecond,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submillisecond.
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