To help compare
orders of magnitude of different times this page lists times between 10
-2 seconds and 10
-1 seconds (10 to 100 milliseconds).
- shorter times
- 10 milliseconds -- cycle time for frequency [100 Hz]?
- 16.7 milliseconds -- cycle time for American 60 Hz AC mains grid
- 20 milliseconds -- cycle time for European 50 Hz AC mains grid
- 33 milliseconds -- cycle time for the lowest audible tone 30 Hz
- 60 milliseconds -- cycle time for European 16.7 Hz AC electrified railroad power grid
- longer times