jiffy
/ˈd͡ʒɪ.fi/ sustantivo C2En español: en un pispás, periquete, santiamén, tris
- A very short, unspecified length of time. · I’ll be back in a jiffy.
- A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.
- The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
- The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds), but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.
Plural jiffies
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