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split second
*split second
an instant; a tiny period of time. (*Typically: for ~; in ~.) The lightning struck, and in a split second the house burst into flames. For a split second, it looked like she would fall.
split second
An instant, a fraction of a second, as in Our best swimmer came in a split second before theirs. This expression alludes to a stop watch that has two second hands, one above the other, for timing more than one athlete or intervals of a race by a single athlete. Each hand can be stopped independently of the other, so a second can be "split" when one second hand stops a fraction of a second after the other. [c. 1880]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Malak | | mah-LAHK | Arabic |
FİRuze | | - | Turkish |
Emi | | e-mee | Japanese |
Hormazd | | HOR-mazd | Persian Mythology |
Armo | | AHR-mo | Finnish |
Vidar | | VEE-dahr (Swedish) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology |