tylerbrowner Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I know that i could buy a stop watch that had milliseconds and i know that you could divied a seconed by 1000 but i really want to know how you can tell how long a milliseconed is not in reference to smaller units of time but physicly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 A fast runner can reach about 10 metres per second so a millisecond is roughly the time it would take them to cover the length of the last word here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I know that i could buy a stop watch that had milliseconds and i know that you could divied a seconed by 1000 but i really want to know how you can tell how long a milliseconed is not in reference to smaller units of time but physicly There is a standard definition of the second (in terms of physical effects). The millisecond is just one thousandth of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshaker Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I know a falling object falls at 9.8m/s for the first second, So you could drop an object from this height against a measured background, Perhaps video it or have a camera that takes so many shots per second, you could work out and see how far the object falls in a millisecond, I will leave that for someone good at maths 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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