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1 E-3 s
To help compare
orders of magnitude
of different times this page lists times between 10
-3
seconds 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
2 ms --
half life
of
hassium
-265
2.27 ms -- cycle time for the A above
middle C
in
music
(440 Hz). If an electric tuning device for musical instruments generates just one tone, this is probably that 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
as setting
125
longer times