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Decisecond

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006915

A unit of time equal to one-tenth of a second (0.1 s), with the symbol ds. It is a standard decimal subdivision of the second but is rarely used in industrial timing, scientific measurement, or everyday contexts. Technical applications requiring sub-second precision typically use milliseconds (0.001 s) or microseconds (0.000001 s) for measurements and specifications.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-006915
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMetrology and inspection
TranslationsGerman: Dezisekunde; Spanish: decisegundo; French: déciseconde
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006915",
  "term": "Decisecond",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A unit of time equal to one-tenth of a second (0.1 s), with the symbol ds. It is a standard decimal subdivision of the second but is rarely used in industrial timing, scientific measurement, or everyday contexts. Technical applications requiring sub-second precision typically use milliseconds (0.001 s) or microseconds (0.000001 s) for measurements and specifications.",
  "subject": "Metrology and inspection",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Dezisekunde",
    "es": "decisegundo",
    "fr": "déciseconde"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/decisecond/"
}

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