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Definition jiffy
Etymology
Origin unknown; said to have been thieves’ cant for “lightning”. Also formerly written "giffy", to which a connection with gliff has been proposed. As a kind of envelope, a genericization of Jiffy bag.
Noun
jiffy (plural jiffies)
- (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1785.]
- (computing) 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.
- (electronics) The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
- (physics) The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre, but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.
- (Britain) Short for jiffy bag, a padded envelope.
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