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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
2.27 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

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