jiffy

Etymology
Origin ; said to have been thieves’ cant for “lightning”. Also formerly written "giffy", to which a connection with has been proposed. As a kind of envelope, a genericization of.

Noun

 * 1)  A very short, unspecified length of time.
 * 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).
 * 4)  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.
 * , a padded envelope.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
 * 3)  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.
 * , a padded envelope.
 * 1)  The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
 * 2)  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.
 * , a padded envelope.
 * 1)  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.
 * , a padded envelope.

Synonyms

 * instant, minute, moment, second, trice
 * mo, sec, tick
 * mo, sec, tick

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ommesientjie
 * Arabic: وَهْلة, لَحْظة
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech: okamžíček, vteřinka,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian:, თვალის დახამხამება, მომენტი, მეყი
 * German: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , num piscar de olhos
 * Russian:, один момент, , ,
 * Spanish:, en un periquete, en un santiamén
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Turkish:


 * Russian: систе́мный тик