split second (split second)

Idiom Science

Meaning

a very short amount of time
Meaning Translation
eine sehr kurze Zeit

Example Sentences

The decision was made in a split second.

Die Entscheidung wurde in einem **Augenblick** getroffen.

Related Vocabularies

a unit of time equal to one sixtieth of a minute; also the position after first
to divide or separate into parts or groups

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