Centisecond

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001050",
  "term": "Centisecond",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A unit of time equal to one one-hundredth (10⁻²) of a second. This small time interval is used in scientific and engineering fields for measuring the duration of rapid events, such as in high-speed photography, reaction kinetics, and the timing cycles of certain electronic control systems. A centisecond is equivalent to 10 milliseconds, and there are 100 centiseconds in one second.",
  "subject": "Metrology and inspection",
  "references": [
    "NIST Guide to the SI: SI units and prefixes (National Institute of Standards and Technology)"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Zentisekunde",
    "es": "centisegundo",
    "fr": "centiseconde"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/centisecond/"
}