microcentury

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microcentury

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From micro- (“1 millionth”) + century (“100 years”).

noun microcenturies

humorous A unit of time equal to one millionth of a century or approximately one hour (52 minutes and 35.8 seconds). After fifty minutes (one microcentury as von Neumann used to say) everybody's attention will turn elsewhere even if we are trying to prove the Riemann hypothesis.

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@misc{microcentury_2026,
  title = {microcentury},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/microcentury},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}