split second
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See also: split-second and splitsecond
English
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]split second (plural split seconds )
- Alternative form of split-second .
- 1912, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, "The Eye of Death; or, The Murder Charge", in Manalive , New York, N.Y.: John Lane, →OCLC, part II (The Explanations of Innocent Smith), page 182:
- It's very dangerous, though, when a man thinks for a split second that he understands death.
Dutch
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Borrowed from English split-second .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]split second c (plural split seconds , no diminutive )
- split-second (fraction of a second; a very short time period; an instant, a moment.)
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