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jiffy in Arabic

وَهْلة wahla

UK/ˈd͡ʒɪ.fi/

jiffy in Arabic: وَهْلة (wahla), لَحْظة (laḥẓa). In English, jiffy means a very short, unspecified length of time.

Arabic words for jiffy

very short, unspecified length of time
وَهْلة wahla, لَحْظة laḥẓa

English meaning of jiffy

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

Full definition of jiffy

jiffy in a sentence

  • I’ll be back in a jiffy.

Synonyms of jiffy

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Questions about jiffy in Arabic

What is the meaning of jiffy in Arabic?
Jiffy in Arabic is وَهْلة (wahla), لَحْظة (laḥẓa).
ما معنى كلمة jiffy؟
Jiffy: وَهْلة (wahla), لَحْظة (laḥẓa).
What does jiffy mean in English?
Jiffy means a very short, unspecified length of time.

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