Jiffy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Translations

English

Noun

jiffy (plural jiffies)

1. (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.

   I'll be back in a jiffy.

2. (computers) A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer; historically, and by convention, 0.01 seconds, but some operating systems use other values.
3. (physics) The time taken for light to travel one centimetre in a vacuum (sometimes one foot, or sometimes the width of a nucleon
4. (electronics) The time between alternating current power cycles (1/60 or 1/50 of a second)

Jiffy

1. A line of baking mixes manufactured by the Chelsea Milling Company

Synonyms

• (short length of time):
  • (standard): instant, minute, moment, second, trice
  • (colloquial): mo, sec, tick

Translations

short length of time

French: instant m, moment m, seconde f German: Moment m, Augenblick m Italian: attimo m

in computing

fr:jiffy