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Sec vs Msec - What's the difference?

sec | msec |

As a noun sec

is second, 1/60 of a minute.

As an initialism SEC

is Securities and Exchange Commission

As an abbreviation msec is

millisecond.

sec

Translingual

Symbol

(head)
  • symbol of the trigonometric function secant.
  • symbol of second, an SI unit of measurement of time. s.
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    msec

    English

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • millisecond
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    • , passage=The time required for a solution change varied between 50 msec and ~ 1 sec, possibly reflecting the varied extent of -shape formation of the excised patch. }}
  • * {{quote-journal, 1999, date=December 17, Edward H. Adelson et al., Filtering Reveals Form in Temporally Structured Displays, Science citation
    • , passage=The integration time was roughly 40 msec . }}