one tenth of a second vs tenth second

The phrase 'one tenth of a second' is correct and commonly used in English. It indicates a fraction of a second. On the other hand, 'tenth second' is not a standard phrase in English and does not convey the same meaning as the first option.

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one tenth of a second

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate a fraction of a second.

This phrase is used to express a specific fraction of a second, indicating a very short period of time.

Examples:

He finished the race in one tenth of a second.
The reaction time was measured in one tenth of a second.

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Victory by one tenth of a second.
We add a pause of one tenth of a second (100 milliseconds) after displaying the string.
Moreover, due to physiological reasons, our ears are able to discriminate two sounds arriving in sequence but only if the separation time is about one tenth of a second.
This solution allows the swimmer to gain up to one tenth of a second in start signal reaction time.
James Barbasai, of Kenya, is the winner of the 25th Belgrade Marathon in the men's category, with the result of two hours, 16 minutes and one tenth of a second. The second and third place have also been won by...
The time length of the file. & kplayer; tries to detect it with precision of one tenth of a second, and usually gets it pretty close to the real length. This property is read only.
The following ones are service procedures that are not made to be called directly but only from other procedures: Bip, which generates a shrill sound lasting one tenth of a second using the K51-AVR on board buzzer.
Second after the two qualifying heats, the reigning champion made the most of his meagre experience to finish just one tenth of a second ahead of Douwe Dedecker (starting from pole as leader after the heats) after a great overtaking manoeuvre!
100 milliseconds (one tenth of a second, 10-1) are called a decisecond.
The Hungarian racer logged a best personal flying lap of 1'17 808 edging championship leader Kimiya Sato (Euronova Racing) by one tenth of a second.
Young rider Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha - RCGM Faber Team) finished behind him, having registered a fast time in the final stages, one tenth of a second better than that set by current championship leader Riccardo Russo (Yamaha - Team Italia FMI).
For an example of the quality of delivery from Parolin Racing and its FIM engines, the top six of the prefinal finished in the same second while the five fastest drivers in both races have been grouped in less than one tenth of a second.
After he retired fourth position was my goal. I got there and my lap was good. But still it is a bit annoying to see the gap to second place was only one tenth of a second.
The Como-based racer posted a lap time of 1'37 697 to top Zele Racing's rookie Cristof von Grunigen by just one tenth of a second.
100 milliseconds (one tenth of a second, 10-1) are called a decisecond.

Alternatives:

a fraction of a second
0.1 seconds
0.1 of a second
a tenth of a second
0.1 of a second

tenth second

This phrase is not a standard construction in English and does not convey the intended meaning of a fraction of a second.

This phrase is not commonly used in English. It may cause confusion as it does not clearly convey the idea of a specific fraction of a second.

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A delay of one tenth second, which is equivalent to your reaction time, occurs before your finger moves.
After pressing the reset button for 10 seconds, you will hear two beeps at the third and the tenth seconds.
High-voltage Discharge Tube Electrode When the high-voltage vacuum discharge tube is working, the temperature of contact material will rise to thousands degree centigrade within several tenths seconds.
Tenth and Second, then down to Tribeca.
Visualization of the tenth of second in the last minute of count.
The times are recorded in minutes, seconds and tenths of a second.
That "Please" just cost me a tenth of second.
This Scilab script allows - even if in a quite rude way - the convolution of short sounds (few tenths of seconds) with an Impulse Response.
Great balance between GTPro, with Ferrari, Porsche and Aston Martin enclosed within a few tenths of second.
The President of Mercedes speaks about a powerful Ferrari, only 2-3 tenths of seconds from the German "battleship".
You can set the time between two letters in Grown-up mode. Default is 2 tenths of seconds.
The driver from Locorotondo started the event with a 7th place in qualifying ahead of his teammate Anthony Abbasse by only 2 tenths of second.
It's accurate to one-tenth of a second.
But your feet only make contact for two-tenths of a second.
You were asleep a tenth of a second.
It's accurate to one-tenth of a second.
That's the laser firing at tenth-of-a-second intervals.
He said I had a tenth of a second.
It does all that in about a tenth of a second.
The TOD clock consists of four read/write registers: hours (with bit 7 acting as the AM/PM flag), minutes, seconds and tenths of a second.

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