split second


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Synonyms for split second

a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

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Benigno: A split second in time, but what a split second.
I couldn't put a time on how long he reversed for before realising - everything happened so fast; we're talking split seconds."
The video, entitled "A Split Second", shows one vehicle taking a left turn at an intersection while another vehicle continues straight.
Titled "A split second", the video goes on to shows a motorist taking a left-turn and then crashing into an oncoming vehicle.
If schools get their policies right, that split second of cognition before experience leads to action will be used well and the decisions made that lead to actions will be positive, as they are built on the solid foundations.
Some don't easier others While most of us can recognise these facial expressions and their corresponding emotions, in the form of a microexpression they may only last a split second and may be followed up with a counteracting smile.
"It only takes a split second to allow Carl Froch into range, to allow him to land that right hand and I paid the price for it.
I will come back stronger and I will be world champion." Groves (below, after the fight) was happy with his display until one split second when he says his cockiness cost him dearly.
Years ago going through the old Newcastle Green Market I cut between two wagons and a split second later they were shunted together.
"A 40 yard sprint, a ball that arrives on your foot, a split second between the whistle blowing and the shot.
TheA blast that occurredA Sunday night at theA Chinese restaurant downtown in Bulgarian capitalA Sofia, startled local residents breaking most of the windows of a neighboring apartment.The witness, a woman, living next to the scene of the accident, was watching television with her husband when the explosion went off.A She described the blast as "a blazing fireball", which entered into the room, breaking all the windows.aAll the windows blew open, the window-glasses got smashed and in a split second the whole floor was covered with small particles of glass.
She has already found out that it can all change in a Split Second.
"For a split second I was concerned, and then I could see he could grip the bat," he said of Swann.
At 7 months of age, children who are later diagnosed with autism take a split second longer to shift their gaze during a task measuring eye movements and visual attention than do typically developing infants of the same age, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health.
While at the range, the slide on my 1911 started sticking to the rear for a split second before chambering a round.