Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
- (vanhentunut) giffy
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| hollanti | mum, wip |
| italia | attimo, baleno |
| kreikka | στιγμή (stigmí) |
| norja | øyeblikk, straks |
| puola | chwilka |
| ranska | instant, moment, seconde |
| saksa | Augenblick, Moment |
| suomi | tuokio |
| turkki | lahza |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.
- (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 (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds), but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.
- (UK) Ellipsis of jiffy bag, a padded envelope.
Esimerkit
- Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern. Then, for a jiffy, I hung on and fought for breath.
- I'll be back in a jiffy.
- in a jiffy
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | jiffies |