Editing Microsecond (section)

{{short description|One millionth of a second}}

{{Infobox unit
| name     = microsecond
| image    = 
| caption  = 
| symbol   = μs
| standard = [[SI]]
| quantity = [[time]]
| units1   = [[SI units]]
| inunits1 = {{val|e=-6|ul=s}}
}}
A '''microsecond''' is a unit of [[time]] in the [[International System of Units]] (SI) equal to one [[millionth]] (0.000001 or 10<sup>−6</sup> or {{frac|1|1,000,000}}) 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.

A microsecond is equal to 1000 [[nanosecond]]s or {{frac|1|1,000}} of a [[millisecond]]. Because the next [[Metric prefix|SI prefix]] is 1000 times larger, measurements of 10<sup>−5</sup> and 10<sup>−4</sup> seconds are typically expressed as tens or hundreds of microseconds.