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The phrase "a portion of a second" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing time intervals that are less than one second, often in scientific or technical contexts.
Example: "The experiment measured the reaction time, which was recorded as a portion of a second."
Alternatives: "a fraction of a second" or "a split second".
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We all put on safety goggles as the laser shouts for a portion of a second.
A portion of a second terrace talud wall was also uncovered.
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In addition, a portion of a fourth highway — Route 440 leading from the intersection of the Turnpike and the Parkway in Woodbridge to the Outerbridge Crossing — would become a toll road.
ISIS controlled the city intermittently since 2015 and destroyed numerous historical monuments, including a portion of a second-century Roman theater, according to the Syrian state-run news agency.
The two-story houses would be built on a portion of a private parking lot first built there in the early 1960s, when Huntington Harbour was being developed.
All but one of the over one hundred items in this collection reported in antiquity have been lost: the analysis of the "Constitution of Athens" was recovered from a portion of a papyrus discovered in the nineteenth century.
Selected practitioners from leading firms and organizations will join for a portion of a number of classes to provide first-hand insight from a variety of perspectives.
In 2000, Clemens hit Piazza in the helmet in a regular-season game, and Clemens threw a portion of a shattered bat at Piazza during the second game of the World Series.
Even more impressive: Auditude can fingerprint a portion of a video that is only a few seconds long and identify which show it was originally taken from.
Financial valuation methods attribute a portion of an organization's value first to those assets reported on the organization's balance sheet.
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