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Millisecond




To help compare Orders Of Magnitude of different Time s this page lists times between 10−3 seconds and 10−2 seconds (1 Milli second to 10 milliseconds). A '''millisecond''' (ms) is one thousandth of a second. ''See also'' Times Of Other Orders Of Magnitude .

  • Shorter Times

  • 1 millisecond (1 ms) – cycle time for frequency 1 KHz

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

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

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

  • 2 milliseconds – Half Life of Hassium -265

  • 2.27 milliseconds – 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 milliseconds – a Housefly ’s wing flap

  • 3.4 milliseconds – half life of Meitnerium -266

  • 5 milliseconds – a Honeybee ’s wing flap

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

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

  • Longer Times