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Synonyms and antonyms of Units for measuring time in British Thesaurus
Units for measuring time
hour (noun)
a period of time that consists of 60 minutes. 30 minutes is usually called half an hour, 15 minutes can be called a quarter of an hour, and 45 minutes can be called three-quarters of an hour
microsecond (noun)
a unit for measuring time. There are one million microseconds in a second.
millisecond (noun)
a unit for measuring extremely short periods of time. There are 1000 milliseconds in a second.
minute (noun)
a period of 60 seconds. There are 60 minutes in one hour
nanosecond (noun)
a unit for measuring time. There are one billion (=one thousand million) nanoseconds in a second.