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multisecond

multisecond adjective: spanning, or pertaining to, more than one second.

Adjective

multisecond (not comparable)

  1. Spanning, or pertaining to, more than one second.
    • multisecond oscillations
    • As Quincy recovered from our one-block adrenaline burst, I gunned all 700 horsepower once more. Even with the pedal to the metal, the Exelero's sheer bulk caused a multisecond lag from the twin-turbo-charged V12's wind-up to actual launch.2007 January 24, Sue Callaway, “Jonesing for a Maybach”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2009

Forms of multisecond

alternative formmulti-second

Origin of multisecond

From multi- + second.

Questions about multisecond

What does multisecond mean?
Multisecond means spanning, or pertaining to, more than one second.
What part of speech is multisecond?
Multisecond is an adjective.

Words near multisecond in the dictionary

  1. multisearch
  2. multiseason
  3. multiseasonal
  4. multiseat
  5. multiseated
  6. multisecond
  7. multisect
  8. multisectarian
  9. multisection
  10. multisectional
  11. multisectioned

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