centisecond
(ˈsɛntɪsɛkənd)
[f. centi- + second n.1]
One hundredth of a second.
| 1950 J. R. Firth Papers in Linguistics 1934–51 (1957) xiii. 174 When we measure any features of a kymogram in centiseconds, we must realize what the machine itself abstracts from the single instance and what is abstracted by the employment of the kymogram. 1964 Amer. Speech XXXIX. 230 Eight Swedish vowels spoken between three voiced plosives /b/, /d/, /g/ at five syllabic rates produced vowels of approximately 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 centiseconds. 1969 English Studies L. 327 As regards [bdg], the average duration of this element turned out to be 3 centi-seconds. |