Any unit prefixed with the word milli- indicates one thousandth of the main unit. Any unit prefixed with the word micro- indicates one millionth of the main unit. Therefore, 125 of any unit prefixed with milli-, such as milligrams or millimetres, is more than 112 of the same unit prefixed with micro-, for example, micrograms or micrometres.
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no. micro second is less than milli second.
a micro-second is 1000 times smaller than a milli-second.
It's simply a shorthand way of expressing large measurements. It takes less less ink (and less energy) to write or type millimetre - than 'millionth of a metre'.
A micro is less.
1000 milli is always 1000 less than the base metric unit