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jiffy

/ˈd͡ʒɪ.fi/
noun

  1. A very short, unspecified length of time.

    "I’ll be back in a jiffy."

  2. 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.

  3. The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).

Synonymsjif, jiff

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