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noun (plural jiffies)
  1. (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.
I'll be back in a jiffy.
  1. (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.
  2. (physics) The time taken for light to travel one centimetre in a vacuum (sometimes one foot, or sometimes the width of a nucleon)
  3. (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 http://www.jiffymix.com Chelsea Milling Company
Translations: 
  • French: instant
    1. French, instant , moment
    2. German: Moment , Augenblick
    3. Italian: attimo
      (trans-mid)
      (trans-bottom) (trans-top, in computing)
      (trans-mid)
      (trans-bottom)
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