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Also known as 1 E-6 s, μs

A microsecond is a unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one millionth (0.000001 or 10−6 or ) of a second. Its symbol is μs, sometimes simplified to us when Unicode is not available.

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Unit.name
microsecond
Unit.symbol
μs
Unit.standard
SI
Unit.quantity
time
Unit.units1
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0.000001
unit symbol
μs
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A microsecond is a unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one millionth (0.000001 or 10−6 or ) of a second. Its symbol is μs, sometimes simplified to us when Unicode is not available.

A microsecond is to one second, as one second is to approximately 11.57 days.

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