Usually means: Extremely brief, almost instantaneous moment.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word split second:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. split second: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. split-second, split second: Merriam-Webster
  3. split second: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. split second: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. split-second, split-second, split second: Collins English Dictionary
  6. split second: Vocabulary.com
  7. Split-second, split-second: Wordnik
  8. split second: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. split-second, split second: Wiktionary
  10. split second: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. split second: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. split-second, split second: Dictionary.com
  13. Split Second (TV series), Split Second (game show), Split Second (novel), Split Second (video game), Split second (disambiguation), Split second, The Split Second: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. split second: Rhymezone
  15. split second: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. split second: FreeDictionary.org
  17. split second: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. split-second, split second: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. split second: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. split-second, split second: Idioms

(Note: See split_seconds as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Split second)

noun:  Alternative form of split-second [(chiefly attributive) A stopwatch with two second hands, each of which may be stopped separately to time the intervals of a race by a sportsperson, or to time more than one sportsperson.]

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