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Millisecond




To help compare Orders Of Magnitude of different times this page lists times between 10−3 Second s and 10−2 seconds (1.0 to 10 milliseconds). ''See also'' Times Of Other Orders Of Magnitude .

  • Shorter Times

  • 1.0 milliseconds – cycle time for frequency 1 KHz

  • 1 ms – duration of light for typical photo Flash strobe

  • 1 ms – repetition interval of GPS C/A PN code

  • 1.000692286 ms – time taken for light to travel 300 km in a vacuum

  • 2 ms – Half Life of Hassium -265

  • 2.27 ms – cycle time for the A above Middle C in Music (440 Hz). If a tuning device for musical instruments generates just one tone, it is probably this tone.

  • 3 ms – a Housefly ’s wing flap

  • 3.4 ms – half life of Meitnerium -266

  • 5 ms – a Honeybee ’s wing flap

  • 8 ms – Camera Shutter Speed at setting ''125''

  • 9 ms – typical maximum Seek Time for a 7200rpm Hard Disk

  • Longer Times